We cautiously walked around the dense craters and headed towards the building. Along the way, neither the sentries standing guard nor the necessary points of fire were seen. Looking at the craters and rubble everywhere, I couldn't help but secretly worry, what is going on, could it be that Leviakin's regimental headquarters has been transferred? Otherwise, why is there no warning at all?

"Stop!" A muffled voice suddenly came from the rubble in front of me, and I jumped into a nearby crater, half-crouched, and at the same time placed my submachine gun on the edge of the crater, aiming the muzzle of the gun in front of me. Looking around, Ramis and the warrior leading the way also lay on the ground, pointing their guns in the direction from which the sound came.

"Who are you?" Ramis, who was lying a short distance to my left, poked his head out and asked loudly.

A soldier in a raincoat and a steel helmet, carrying a Soviet-made submachine gun, stood up from behind a pile of rubble in front of the building, and instead of answering Ramis's question, he asked rhetorically: "Which unit are you from?" ”

Seeing that it was his own people who stood up, Ramis stood up from his place with confidence and replied: "I am Lieutenant Ramis, the commander of the division guard company, where is your regimental commander?" ”

"Confidential!" The sentry said coldly: "The German devils may be here soon, you better go back quickly!" ”

"Comrade soldier, I am the new division commander, Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, and I have something to look for your regimental commander, General Levyakin, please take me over to see him immediately." With that, I got up from the crater and raised my foot to walk over to the sentry.

"Stop, show your ID!" The vigilant sentry took a sharp step back, raised his weapon flat, and pointed his gun at us.

Ramis was infuriated by this attitude of the sentry, and he pointed a finger at the other and shouted loudly: "This is our new division commander, do you need any documents to go to see your regimental commander?" With that, he strode over to the sentry, apparently wanting to teach the short-sighted warrior a lesson.

"Stop! If you take a step forward, I'll shoot! The sentry didn't answer Ramis's stubble, and shouted, "Show your papers!" ”

With the sound of the sentry, several steel helmets and muzzles aimed at our black holes emerged from the rubble. Seeing this, Ramis, who originally wanted to rush forward, had no choice but to retreat, and then looked at me with a plea look.

I slung my submachine gun over my shoulder, reached for my papers, and prayed in my heart that I would find them, otherwise it would be a big joke to fight with my men. As soon as I touched the pocket of my jacket, there was a small erection book inside, and I quickly took it out to take a look, and thank God, it was indeed my ID.

I handed the ID to Ramis next to me, and he took it and shouted at the sentry opposite, "Hey! Then. As he spoke, he threw his credentials at the sentry.

The document flew over the pile of rubble in the middle and landed exactly at the sentry's feet. Without saying a word, he bent down to pick it up, examined it carefully, put away the weapon in his hand, and then pointed to the right and said, "You go ten steps to the left, and then come to me, where you are now standing There are mines and Molotov cocktails planted in front of you." ”

Under the guidance of the sentinels, we passed through the minefield with unusual care. The sentry came up and handed me back the papers, then stood up and saluted, and whispered, "Commander, I'm sorry!" I don't know if you are here, please forgive me. ”

"Since Zhilu Dao is the division commander here, then you ...... just now," Ramis shouted angrily at the soldiers.

I turned my head sideways and gestured to stop Ramis and said, "The sentry did the right thing. Then he stepped forward, patted the sentry on the shoulder with his hand, and said: "Comrade soldier, you are doing the right thing, in the current situation, you should always maintain a high degree of vigilance. ”

The sentry stood up again, looked at me gratefully, and said, "Please wait a minute!" Then he turned and ran away.

I looked to the left and right and saw a dozen warriors crouching behind the rubble with weapons in hand, watching everything around them with a wary eye. I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, if we had just started a fight, these warriors would be enough to wipe us all out easily.

Just thinking about it, the sentry just now ran back and reported: "Comrade division commander, the regiment commander will be there soon." ”

In less than a minute, Leviakin's familiar figure appeared in front of me. Seeing me standing outside, he took a few steps to meet me, shook my hand and said, "Comrade Division Commander, I really didn't expect that you would come to our dangerous place at this time. Let's go, don't stand outside, go to the headquarters in the building. ”

The building, which had been blown to pieces, looked ordinary from the outside, but inside it had a wide hall and long corridors, and the floor was full of warriors sitting or lying, and when they saw us enter, almost all but those who had fallen asleep stood up and saluted us.

The regimental headquarters was located on the second floor, and the staircase was torn apart by shells, and there were holes everywhere, large and small, through which it was possible to fall if you were not careful. So when I went upstairs, Leviagin was afraid that I would stumble, so he held my hand all the time, and only when he got to the door of the command headquarters did he let go of my hand.

When I opened the door, a blinding light came out, and when I entered, I found that it was a windowless room, and a gas lamp hung on each wall around it, illuminating the room. Several lieutenants were busy circling around, issuing orders one by one to the outside by telephone. When he saw me and the general enter the door, he quickly stopped what he was doing and raised his hand to salute us. The general waved his hand and said, "Let's go ahead and get busy!" I'll take a casual look with the teacher. ”

Sitting down at the table, I saw a map of the defense of Volosramsk on the table, and asked with concern: "Comrade General, how is the situation of your regiment?" ”

Hearing my question, Leviagin hurriedly stood up and prepared to report to me, and I hurriedly greeted him: "Comrade General, don't be so polite, you better sit down and talk." "Although I am now in a higher position than him, I am not used to having someone much higher in rank and age than me stand in front of me and answer questions respectfully.

After the general sat down, he pointed to the map and replied: "The whole regiment has been dispersed in three directions, north, west and south of the city, in company units. I have given them orders to ignore the Germans' frontal attack, to get out of the way and let them in, and then go around to the back and beat them hard. ”

"Yes, your arrangement is very good." This remark of the general is deeply in line with my heart, and this is the essence of urban guerrilla warfare; in the case of not having superior weapons and equipment, it is necessary to make full use of our strong points and avoid our weaknesses, change places with one shot, and continue to deal with the enemy.

"All the officers and soldiers of the Soviet Union!" Suddenly there was a sound of radio outside, I couldn't help but be stunned, who is still broadcasting with a loudspeaker at this time, am I misheard? But after listening to it, the voice came again: "All the officers and soldiers of the Soviet Union, please pay attention! ”

"Let's go, go outside and see" Leviagin stood up abruptly and said, "The shelling of the Germans must have stopped, that's why their armored vehicles came out to broadcast to us." ”

We came out into the hallway, hid by the window where only the frames remained, and looked out cautiously. I found that the building was not isolated, and there were at least a dozen or so buildings standing across the road.

In the darkness of the night, I saw a German armored car slowly driving down the road, its horn chirping and shouting, followed by dozens of German soldiers with weapons. “…… It's an opportunity, choose it! Will you die under artillery fire, or will you bravely surrender and live? All you have is despair, and your fight is in vain! We are here to liberate your country from the Jews and the Bolsheviks! Rebuild a new life, there are no collective farms, there is no Stakhanov movement......"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but ask Leviagin curiously: "Comrade General, what does the Stakhanov movement mean?" ”

Leviakin looked at me wonderfully, but patiently explained to me: "The Stakhanov movement, a Soviet socialist labor competition, was named after the Ukrainian Donbass coal miner Stakhanov. ”

"Surrender so you can live!" The horn of the armored car is still shouting incessantly.

"Report!" At some point, a lieutenant appeared on the road, and he whispered to us: "According to the observation post, German soldiers have appeared in several streets around us, and we are surrounded. ”