Although Romanov did not elaborate on how he led his troops to fight guerrilla warfare in Belarus and Ukraine, I was able to reconstruct their difficult journey behind enemy lines based on some of the films and television works I have seen in later generations.

For the rest of the journey, none of us spoke, just staring out the car window, thinking about our own thoughts. I'm thinking about what to do next after we capture Kafbas. The Germans had occupied Zaporosh and it was no longer possible to go east; Manstein's heavy army group is massing in Dnepropetrovsk, and we are undoubtedly falling into the net as we move north. There are only two roads left: one is to the west, to attack Kirovgrad, which is more than a hundred kilometers away, which is also not a small city; Or go south to seize the port city of Nikolaev.

Before I could think of an eyebrow, the jeep stopped. I didn't pay attention to where the car was going, and as soon as the car stopped, I immediately asked the driver, "Are we in town?" ”

The driver turned to the side and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, the road ahead can't be passed, and the rest of the way, you can only walk." Probably seeing the displeasure on my face, he quickly added, "You only need to walk a few hundred meters ahead to enter the city." ”

Hearing the driver say this, I estimated that the road ahead, the vehicle might not really be able to drive through, otherwise he would not dare to help me throw it down only a few hundred meters from the city. I said to Kirillov and Romanov: "Commissar, deputy commander, since the car can't go any further, let's go down and walk." ”

Originally, I still had some doubts in my heart if the driver was cheating on me. When I got out of the car, I saw that what the driver said was really true, and the long dirt road ahead had been turned over due to the melting of the ice and snow. On such a road, even if our driver barely drives forward, he will be stuck if he can't drive far. Several of the trucks that were following us also stopped, and the commanders and fighters on them jumped out of the cars and lined up next to the cars, ready to follow us into the city.

I beckoned to Yushchenko and called him in front of me. Asked him: "Comrade Captain, did you see the troops of the Guards Division and the 308th Division on the way here?" ”

Hearing my question, Yushchenko quickly shook his head. He replied: "Comrade commander, I did not see friendly troops on the road. I guess there are two possibilities, one is that they have all entered the city; The second is that the route of their march is very far from the route we have taken. That's why I didn't see them. ”

I saw that the guards had been assembled. Chong Yushchenko shook his head: "Comrade Captain, it seems that the troops have been assembled, let's set off." ”

Kirillov and Romanov and I, with more than a hundred heavily armed fighters, carefully crossed the dirt road that had turned into a quagmire in front of us, and walked towards Godunov and Travkin, who were waiting north of the city.

When we were still about ten meters away from the crowd, both Godunov and Travkin took a few steps forward and stood up in front of us, and Godunov said to us: "Report to the commander, comrade commissar. Major Godunov reports to you that we have successfully completed the task of capturing Kavbas. Please instruct! ”

"Well done, Comrade Major." I smiled and held out to Godunov and praised him in public: "You guys did a great job to take down Kafbas so easily." ”

While shaking hands with me, Godunov said a little embarrassed: "Comrade commander, in fact, there are not many Germans in the city, saying that there are two platoons, but the result is only about 30 people, and the defense is also lax. We didn't even notice it when we entered the city, so we used cold weapons to kill all the Germans in their sleep. ”

"Well done, Comrade Major! You've done a great job! Kirillov stepped forward again to shake Godunov's hand, repeating my words of praise just now.

After shaking hands with Travkin, I found that neither of them paid attention to Romanov, who was standing next to him in civilian clothes, so I coughed and said to the two: "Major Godunov, Captain Travkin, let me introduce you that this General Romanov is now the deputy commander of our army. ”

Deputy Commander, when they heard this position from my mouth, the two of them were stunned for a moment, then turned to face Romanov, straightened up and said politely: "Hello, Comrade Deputy Commander. ”

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, it was time to head into the city and head to Godunov's headquarters for us. As our team was moving along the street, I suddenly heard a woman's scream coming from a nearby building, and quickly stopped and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

A middle-aged woman in a flower headscarf and a black cotton coat rushed out of the corridor and pounced on me to give me a bear hug. This aunt hugged me tightly and said incoherently with excitement: "I...... I didn't ...... Didn't look at ...... Misread it. It's true...... It's really our team...... Hit back? ”

Because the middle-aged woman had just appeared so suddenly, before Yushchenko, who was following me, came to her senses, she hugged me tightly. Yushchenko, who had come back at this moment, looked angry, beckoned two fighters to come over, and was about to pull the middle-aged woman away. I hurriedly waved at him, signaling them not to be reckless. I gently patted my aunt's back with my hand and replied kindly, "Yes, we called back." ”

Hearing my words, my aunt may have realized her recklessness, and quickly let go of me, took a step back, raised her hand and wiped her tears while saying excitedly: "I've been looking forward to you for almost two years, and I've finally looked forward to you back." After the Germans occupied the city, they tossed us bitterly, and when you come back this time, you won't leave again, right? ”

"No, no." Kirillov did not wait for me to speak, he hurriedly stepped forward to relieve me, he grabbed the middle-aged woman's hand, shook it vigorously a few times, and said: "We are coming back this time to drive the fascist invaders out of our land. ”

With this little episode, on the next way to the command, I had a new understanding of Godunov's command ability. He had succeeded in capturing the city with his troops, but the inhabitants of the city had not yet discovered that the troops in the city had been replaced by Soviet troops from the Germans. If there is any sneak attack in the future, it can be completely handed over to Major Godunov to complete.

Guided by Godunov, we arrived at the headquarters in the city. When I entered the gate, Travkin introduced to me: "Comrade commander, according to the confession of the prisoners, this was originally one of their regimental command posts, and in the first two days because of the shortage of troops at the front, it was urgent to be replenished by soldiers, so except for leaving two platoons to guard the supplies, the rest of the troops were transferred. ”

Hearing Travkin mention the supplies of the German army, I couldn't help but ask curiously: "Comrade Captain, I don't know how much supplies you have captured from the Germans this time?" ”

"Comrade Commander, allow me to report to you!" Hearing that I was asking about the seized materials, Godunov hurriedly stepped forward and took the initiative to say to me: "We have captured all the materials stored by the German army in the warehouse, in addition to a batch of German standard weapons and supporting ammunition, there are also military uniforms, food, medicines and so on for the German army for the winter. ”

After listening to Godunov's report, Romanov said with some surprise: "Comrade Major, you have captured a lot of things. Then he asked uneasily, "Are the materials safe now, and have you sent someone to guard them?" ”

"Please rest assured, Comrade Deputy Commander." Godunov politely replied to Romanov: "The Germans built two larger military warehouses in the city, and their supplies were stored there. At present, I have sent sixty soldiers to guard the supplies, which should ensure the safety of the supplies. ”

When Yushchenko was in charge of the layout command, Romanov's sharp eyes suddenly saw a radio in the corner, and he couldn't help but walk quickly to this waist-high old radio. After some fiddling with him, a voice came from the radio, music to be precise, Russian music.

Hearing the long-lost Russian music, Kirillov couldn't help but walk over to the radio and said curiously: "I really didn't expect that the radio in the German command headquarters could actually receive our channel." ”

Hearing Kirillov say this, I couldn't help but be stunned again, and said that no matter which country produced this radio, as long as the frequency is turned to the right frequency, you can listen to the corresponding program. As soon as I said a few words, a hoarse voice suddenly came out of the radio: "Comrades, dear comrades! Listen to the urgent war report of the Soviet Intelligence Service! ……”

The sound on the radio made me can't help but go to Romanoff's side, leaning over to the side of my ear, trying to hear what the announcer is going to say next.

“…… Latest battle report: Our army, led by General Golikov, gave Marshal Manstein's army a head-on blow and successfully captured Novomoskovsk. …… Under the blows of our powerful panzer corps, one German division was annihilated, two suffered heavy losses, and the enemy left more than five thousand corpses on the battlefield......"

While Kirillov and Romanov were applauding the battle reports they had just heard, I had already walked back to the wooden table and leaned down to find the location of Novomoskovsk.

"Comrade Oshanina, are you looking for a location in Novomoskovsk?" Before I could find the name of the place I was looking for, I was startled by the voice of a Romanov behind me. Seeing that I nodded in agreement with his guess, he walked over to the table, pointed to the map with his hand, and said affirmatively: "Novomoskovsk is here." (To be continued......)