Although I understand in my heart that it is true that to let the troops of Vylor and Oleg stay and hold the Abganerovo station, as Shumilov ordered, is undoubtedly sending them to their deaths. But according to the regulations of the Soviet army, orders from higher authorities were not allowed to be discussed, so I could only answer with a straight head: "Yes, Comrade Commander, I follow your orders." ”

"Good, good. Colonel Oshanina, I know that you are a good commander who takes the big picture into account. After Shumilov said these two words, he terminated his communication with me.

The moment there was no sound in the headphones, I felt the urge to smash the walkie-talkie. I secretly cursed myself in my heart for what I had done to report to Shumilov so early, it was self-defeating, and I should have waited for the troops to withdraw before reporting to him. In this way, even if he wants me to keep the troops behind, I can use the reason that the troops are on the march and cannot be contacted for the time being.

It may be that after I put down the headphones, the expression on my face was unnatural, and after carefully observing the words, Sedelikov cautiously asked: "Division commander, what did Comrade Commander say?" ”

I glared at him and said angrily: "What else can I say, he said that the troops of Oleg and Vylor will not withdraw from the station for the time being, and will continue to stay there and hold on." ”

As soon as my words came out, not only Shederikov was shocked, but even Pugachev, Kosga, and Gaidar, who were sitting next to him, were shocked. We were lucky enough to succeed in the sneak attack, but if we really stayed and held out, we would become the target of German attacks, and with only two battalions that were untrained and had no heavy weapons, could they withstand the repeated attacks of the German army? After a long while, Shedelikov said tentatively: "Comrade division commander. Let's see if you can report back to the commander. Said that it was in the rear of the German army. And our troops were all lightly armed, not equipped with heavy weapons, and could not stop the German armored forces. ”

"Is the order of the superior something that you and I can discuss?" After yelling at him, I sat down at the table depressed, raised one hand at the same time, and casually said, "Give me a cigarette." ”

As soon as the words fell, several cigarette cases were handed to me at the same time. I casually took a cigarette from the cigarette case of one of the "St. Petersburgers", and as soon as I put it in my mouth, someone struck a match and lit it for me. I looked up and it turned out to be Sederikov. Thinking that he had a bad attitude towards him just now, he smiled apologetically at him and said, "Comrade Sederikov, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been angry with you just now. ”

Seeing that I took the initiative to apologize to him, Sederikov looked a little at a loss, and he said in a panic: "Division commander. You're right, the orders of the superiors are not allowed to be discussed......"

Didn't wait for him to finish. I interrupted him and said to myself: "You are right, if Oleg and Vylol's troops stay and hold out, the only fate that awaits them in the end is the destruction of their entire army. ”

"Then what are we going to do, do we just watch them being wiped out by the Germans?" Shedelikov said somewhat unconvinced.

I snorted noncommittally, didn't speak, just took a hard puff of the cigarette, I didn't expect the old Maozi's cigarette to be so dry, it actually choked me and coughed violently. I was so angry that I threw the cigarette I had only smoked on the ground and crushed it on my toes a few times.

I stood up, looked around at several regimental commanders around me, and said lightly: "I'll tell Sù Oleg and Vylor about this news first, so that they can be mentally prepared first." ”

"Commander, is this appropriate?" Shederikov asked with difficulty.

"There is nothing inappropriate," I said decisively, "anyway, sooner or later the order must be given to them to stay behind, and it will be the same sooner or later." Then I ordered Lazumyeva, who had been looking at me: "Second lieutenant, call Lieutenant Colonel Oleg or Commissar Vylor at once, I have an order to give them." ”

When I heard Oleg's voice in my headphones, and was thinking about how to give him the order to hold the station, he had already preemptively reported: "Report to the division commander, I have important information to report to you. ”

I was stunned, in such a short period of time, what happened? Although he was a little confused, he couldn't hear the slightest nervousness or panic in his tone, so he instinctively asked, "Tell me, what's going on there?" ”

"Not long after I finished talking to you just now, the phone rang in the duty room of the station. Comrade Vellore and I were interrogating the prisoners when we heard the phone ringing, which startled us. While I was still thinking about whether to answer the phone, Velore had already drawn his pistol and forced the captured Captain Grams. The call was from Grahms's superior, who asked what was going on with the sound of gunfire and explosions that had just faintly come from the station. Is it a sneak attack by our army, do you need reinforcements, etc.

The captain, who was carrying a pistol on his forehead, did not dare to answer casually, so he had to cover the microphone and look at Velore helplessly. Villore called Mihayev over as an interpreter, and then asked Grams to report to his superiors that the station had been attacked by a small group of partisans, and that the partisans had now been driven away and that reinforcements were not needed.

Just as the captain was about to put down the phone, his superior suddenly told him that there was an arms train that would arrive at the station within half an hour and stop at the station until dawn before leaving, so that he could be ready to pick up the train and ensure the arrangement of the train. ”

When I heard that a truckload of munitions was about to arrive from the German army, I immediately became interested and hurriedly asked, "What is Velol's plan?" "The reason why I asked Velol about his plans is because from the current situation, although both of them are in command of a battalion, Oleg seems to have taken the lead in Vellore.

Sure enough, I then heard Oleg say: "Commissar Vellor said that since the Germans have an arms train coming, we will postpone the transfer, pretend to be a German army to hold the station, and intercept the munitions." As for all the munitions captured, except for those that could be transported back to the independent division, all the rest were buried on the spot. She wanted to see if the Germans, who could not be replenished with arms, could launch such a fierce offensive against our positions after dawn. ”

"Well done, Comrade Oleg." After complimenting him, I thought that I would order them to stay and hold on to the mission that was not conveyed. But at the moment, Velore was clearly better suited to accept the order than he was. So I told him, "Let Velore talk to me." I have something important to tell her. ”

Oleg agreed, and soon I heard Velol's voice coming from the headphones: "Hello, Lida, do you have any instructions?" ”

I didn't convey the instructions of the headquarters first, but asked her first: "What are you going to do with that arms train?" ”

"It's very simple," said Vellore, to put it mildly, "and when the train arrives, I will get rid of all the Germans who are on the train in the name of securing munitions." Then take advantage of their unpreparedness to kill them all. As for the seized arms, I plan to bury all the rest except for the part that was brought back, and I will have the opportunity to transfer them again at a later date. ”

I didn't think her plan was bad, so I didn't give any guidance, but after she finished speaking, I continued solemnly: "Comrade Villol, there is one more thing to tell you, I hope you can be mentally prepared. ”

"Leda. If there's anything, just say it. Velore said calmly.

"I just took our division to seize the Abuganerovo station. It was reported to the command of the army group. The commander was overjoyed to hear the news of the recapture of the station, but he immediately gave an order......"

"Are you going to keep us at the station?" Without waiting for me to finish speaking, Velore preemptively asked, it seems that she, a political cadre, is not in vain, and from my few words, I can judge the intentions of the superior leaders.

"Yes, Vellore." I replied with a little sadness that although I had not known Velore for a long time, I thought she was a very good political worker, and if it weren't for her low rank, I would have planned to appoint her as the political commissar of my division after consulting her superiors, so I still couldn't bear to let her stay in the station and die in vain. "Comrade Commander said that before the fall of this station, our troops had held out in it for seven days, and he hoped that you would hold there as long as possible, so that the Germans, who had worries about the future, would not dare to concentrate all their forces and launch a full-scale onslaught on the defense line of our army."

Velore's reaction was completely unexpected by me, and after she heard it, she actually smiled and said: "Comrade division commander, don't worry, although I want to stay and guard the station, I will not command the troops to fight hard with the Germans, I will consider using this station as a base to attack and harass the German camp everywhere, so that they will not be at peace." ”

From her words, I could tell that she seemed to have other plans, so I asked curiously, "Tell me, Velol, do you have any good plans?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." After Verol gave me an affirmative answer, she began to talk slowly about her plans. After listening to it, my eyes lit up, it was really great, why can't I think of such a good plan?

After finishing the call with Vylol, I hurriedly called the commander of the artillery battalion, Jegonovich. As soon as I heard his rough voice, I said unceremoniously: "Hey, I said Comrade Captain, now is not the time for you to flirt with my guard squad leader. Come to my headquarters immediately, I have important combat missions to assign to you. Just as I was about to put down the microphone, I suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "By the way, I don't have enough people here." When you come over, bring my guard squad leader with you. ”

"What?! Comrade division commander," Yegonovich immediately became anxious when he heard me say this, and he retorted, "Didn't you assign Corporal Vera to our artillery battalion?" Why do you want to get her back at this time? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, carry out the order." After saying that, I didn't give him a chance to refute again, and hung up the phone directly.

When I put down the phone and heard the conversation between me and Yegonovich, Sederikov, couldn't help but ask curiously: "Comrade division commander, your guard squad leader, Corporal Vera, has been transferred to the artillery battalion for almost a week, why do you suddenly think of transferring her back?" ”

I looked at him and said, "Don't you think it's more convenient for me to keep a female guard by my side than to have all the male guards?" ”

Hearing me say this, Sederikov couldn't say anything more, so he had to nod his head again and again.

The artillery battalion is not close to me, at least five kilometers away, but this distance is nothing if there are vehicles to travel on it. Jegonovich appeared in my command in less than ten minutes after answering the phone.

Seeing that a group of regiment commanders at the command headquarters were there, Yegonovich was obviously stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously: "Is something wrong?" Why are the regimental commanders still in the command so late. ”

But no one answered him. I was the only one waving at him. Let him come before me. When he came to me. Just as I was about to raise my hand to salute, I stopped him with a gesture and preemptively asked: "Comrade Captain, how many shells do you still have in your artillery battalion?" ”

"It's not too much, it's not too much, it's not too much to say less." Unexpectedly, Jegonovich actually told me a tongue twister: "If the artillery is prepared before the attack, the existing artillery shells will definitely be insufficient; But if it was to provide artillery support to the defenders, it was barely enough. ”

Instead of paying attention to his rap, I pointed to the map and asked, "Comrade Captain." I'm going to give you the tasks of the artillery battalion. After daybreak, there will be a German munitions train that will deliver ammunition to the troops on their front line from the southwest of our division's defense area, along this railway to Stalingrad. I would like to ask you now, are you sure that with as few shells as possible, you will take out this arms train? ”

Jegonovich stared at the map on the table, stretched out his hand and measured the distance, and then replied affirmatively: "Comrade division commander, I am sure that after five salvos per shot." Hit the target. ”

"No, five shells is too many. Eight guns require forty shells. You know, the artillery battalion may not be able to get logistical supplies for a long time, and without shells, it will not be able to provide the necessary artillery support for the infantry. ”

"What about four, four?"

"No, it's still too much, two shots per cannon at most."

"Huh?!" Yegonovich listened to me, his jaw almost hit the ground directly, he thought for a moment, stretched out three fingers, and continued to bargain with me, "Then three shots, this is already the minimum, no less." ”

"No, I said two shots, two shots." I said firmly.

Hearing me say this, Jegonovich was so anxious that he almost jumped up, and he said excitedly: "Comrade division commander, do you know what the speed of the train is? To hit this moving target, it is simply impossible to have fewer shells. If you want to solve the battle with two shots, unless the train stops where we are, it's pretty much the same. ”

"Comrade Captain," I replied with a smile, "you are finally right, this time you really let the train stop on the tracks, and let you be a target." Well, do you have the confidence to destroy the enemy's train with two shots per shot? ”

After listening to my words, Yegonovich had an expression of disbelief on his face, and in order to make sure that he was not dreaming, he pinched his arm fiercely, and after gasping in pain, he asked tentatively: "The train of the Germans stopped on the tracks, let us be a target?" Comrade division commander, you're not kidding, are you? ”

Hearing him say this, I lowered my face and said sternly: "Why, Comrade Captain, do you think I seem to be joking?" ”

After looking me up and down, Jegonovich shook his head vigorously and said in an uncertain tone: "It doesn't look like you're joking with me, but it's ......."

Before he could finish speaking, I interrupted him and said in a mocking tone: "Why, Comrade Captain, are you not sure? It doesn't matter, if you can't, just ask, and I'll arrange for Captain Morozov to carry out this glorious mission. ”

"Who said I couldn't do it!" Seeing that his abilities were being questioned by me, Yegonovich was so anxious that he stamped his feet on the spot, and he said loudly: "Comrade division commander, you don't have to go to Captain Morozov. I assure you that you will not need two shells per cannon to destroy this German arms train," he hesitated for a moment, and then said fiercely: "One shot, I only need one shot per shot, and I can kill the German train." ”

I nodded with satisfaction at Yegonovich's statement, and then instructed him: "Then you should hurry back to the artillery barracks and make preparations." Remember, send out the artillery spotters first and ask them to provide you with the number of shots you have prepared. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, Comrade Division." Jegonovich, who was eager to fight, said loudly: "I am not the first day of being an artillery commander, and as soon as I return to the unit, I send out observers and let them provide accurate targets for the gunners." ”

"It's a beautiful word, but I don't know what the final result will be, I'll wait and see." After I finished speaking, I waved at him and said, "Hurry up and get ready, your battalion is not close to where the German train stops." ”

After raising his hand in salute, Jegonovich turned to leave. He had already stepped up the stairs and was ready to go out. Suddenly he stopped again. He turned to me and said, "That's right." Comrade division commander, I almost forgot about it. I have already brought Vera back, and the commander of the guard battalion, Captain Basmanov, is with her. ”

I nodded and said, "I see, you go and get busy with you." ”

After Yegonovich left, several regiment commanders gathered around and asked curiously: "Comrade division commander, didn't you just say that you want to capture the German arms train?" Why are you going to let the artillery destroy it, what the hell is going on? ”

Seeing that everyone was looking curious, I hurriedly returned to my seat and beckoned them to sit down. After seeing several people sit down one after another, I began to uncover the mystery for them: "Comrade regiment commander, this is the thing. When Commissar Vellore heard that his superiors had told them to stay at the station, he came up with a bold plan. ”

"What's the plan?" Pugachev, who couldn't hold his breath, asked curiously.

Without waiting for Pugachev to continue asking, Gaidar stopped him: "Shut up, Captain Pugachev, don't interrupt." Listen to the teacher continue. ”

Seeing that no one was talking, I continued: "Verol said. The enemy had not discovered that their station had been captured by us, and the first step she had conceived was for our fighters to pretend to be Germans and take control of the entire station. Imagine if the German troops passed by the station, if they saw that the patrols outside were all wearing German uniforms and speaking fluent German, and the people who came and went in the station were also their own people, would they still suspect that the station had been captured by our troops?

In addition, soon a military train full of munitions entered the station, and Vellore's plan was to kill all the Germans who were escorting the car and seize the whole car. Subsequently, they will organize men to unload half of the munitions from the vehicles. After completing the unloading task, a special person will drive this half-loaded train to a place far away from the station after dawn, and wait for our artillery fire to destroy it.

The purpose of this was simple, that is, to destroy the German munitions, so that the enemy at the front line could not be replenished, and at the same time not to expose our troops who had captured the station. ”

"Comrade Division Commander, may I ask a question?" As soon as I finished speaking, the curious Pugachev asked again.

I nodded at him and said, "Yes, you can ask." ”

"Why destroy the military column with artillery, isn't it more convenient to blow it up directly with explosives?"

The other three regimental commanders also nodded their heads after listening to Pugachev's question, apparently they also had the same opinion, and several of them turned their heads to look at me in unison, waiting for me to give me an answer.

I waved my hand, stood up, and said, "I have also considered destroying the train with explosives, but in doing so, the Germans will suspect that there are partisans nearby, and may transfer the garrison of the station closest to the accident site to carry out the search mission, and then our plan to hold the station will be frustrated." And if the train is destroyed by artillery fire, the situation is different, the Germans will think that our troops have destroyed the train by mistake, and naturally they will not send troops to the vicinity to search. ”

"The division commander has a point." After I finished speaking, the first person to stand up and echo me was the head of the regiment, Sederikov.

I looked at him with satisfaction, and then said, "Okay, stick to the station, that's it." The next thing I would like to announce is that during my absence from the division headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov will act as division commander. ”

"What are you talking about, Comrade Division Commander." As soon as I finished speaking, Sedelikov asked in surprise: "Are you leaving the division?" Where are you going? ”

Although Shederikov was the only one asking, everyone's concerned eyes were on me.

After my eyes swept over everyone present, I solemnly announced to them: "Since the commander of the army group has given the order to hold the station, then we must carry it out to the letter." But neither Oleg nor Velor had commanded so many troops at the same time, and I was afraid that something would go wrong with them, so I had to go to the station to see for myself. ”

Hearing me say this, everyone immediately became confused, and the first to speak was Shederikov, who said worriedly: "Division commander, you can't go, from here to the station, you have to pass through the German defense area in the middle, this is really dangerous." ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." Gaidar continued, "You are the commander of a division, and you can't just take risks. ”

Even Razumeyeva, who was not qualified to express her position, had the courage to say to me: "Comrade division commander, now the communication with the station is unimpeded, and it is the same if you command the troops through the Guò radio station." ”

The concern for me was overflowing, and I felt a burst of warmth in my heart. But I'm determined that no matter what they say, I won't change my decision. I raised my hands and pressed them down, and when everyone was quiet, I said, "I know in my heart that everyone is worried about my safety, and I thank you all here." As I spoke, I raised my hand and saluted the commanders present with a solemn military salute. Several people were stunned for a moment, and they also raised their hands to salute me.

I continued: "I decided to take twenty fighters, disguised as Germans, through the German lines, to the station to join Velol. At this point, I said to Razumeyeva, who was furthest away from me: "Ensign, you go out and call Captain Basmanov in." ”

Razumeyeva quickly called Basmanov in, and the captain came to me, straightened up and asked respectfully: "Comrade division commander, do you have any instructions?" ”

I glanced at the commander of the guard battalion, who was standing straight in front of me, and commanded him: "Comrade Captain, now go find twenty sets of German uniforms, and at the same time eighteen more able-bodied soldiers, remember, it is better to know German." ”

Although Basmanov did not understand the reason I had told him to do this, he readily agreed, turned and ran out of the headquarters.

After the commander of the guard battalion left, Shederikov began to persuade me again: "Comrade division commander, you think again. You are the leader of a division, and you can't take risks lightly, so I'll go for you. ”

I patted Sederikov on the shoulder and said in a friendly voice: "Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov. Don't worry, I've experienced a lot of dangerous situations than this, and every time I'm safe, I'm sure I'll be able to come back this time. ”

Seeing that I had already said this, Sederikov knew that if he said anything, I would not change my mind, so I had to say helplessly: "Okay, comrade division commander, since you said so." All I can say is good luck! ”

Basmanov returned with a bunch of German uniforms in his hands. Looking at his sad face, I asked strangely, "What's the matter, Comrade Captain, why do you look unhappy?" ”

He threw the military uniform in his hand on the table, picked one up casually, and said to me angrily: "Comrade division commander, look at it, these remaining military uniforms now are all bullet holes and blood stains, and if we wear them out, the Germans will definitely see through them." "I could tell from his words that he already knew what we were about to do. Although when he came in just now, I only asked him to look for the military uniform, and did not say what he was doing, but it is clear that when Razumeyeva went to look for him, she had already said everything that needed to be said.

I took the military uniform in his hand and said disappreciatively: "Captain Basmanov, what are you afraid of with blood stains and bullet holes, anyway, we are planning to pretend to be the wounded soldiers of the German army this time, and if you have these, it will seem more real." (To be continued......)

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