Seeing that Titov and I came back from a successful mission, Chuikov just nodded at us and asked lightly: "You guys are back, has the reconnaissance mission been completed?" ”

"Report to Comrade Deputy Commander," Titov stepped forward and replied excitedly, "Titov, the political commissar of the 70th Guards Division, reports to you that we have successfully completed the reconnaissance mission of the enemy's settlements and are returning smoothly. We're here to report to you and listen to your instructions! ”

"Well done! Comrade Titov. Chuikov nodded with satisfaction and gestured to him, "You must be tired after walking for so long, so sit down and drink a cup of black tea with honey in it." ”

Seeing Titov sitting down next to Lyudnikov, I also stepped forward and raised my hand to salute Chuikov and reported loudly: "Report to Comrade Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, commander of the Independent Division, report to you, I am ordered to ......"

"Please take a break! Comrade Oshanina. Unexpectedly, before I could speak, I was interrupted by Chuikov's raised hand, and he asked bluntly: "Has the missing engineer in your division been found?" ”

"Found it, Comrade Commander." As I spoke, I turned to the side and wanted to introduce him to the construction engineer Mihayev who was following me, "You see, this Mihayev is the missing engineer of my division,......"

Unexpectedly, after I finished talking about the process of finding the engineer, he had already interrupted me again, and ordered with an indifferent expression: "Since you have found it, then you should rush back to the independent division as much as possible." Outside, I've equipped you with two trucks, so that you and your guard squad and reconnaissance detachment don't have to walk back to the station. ”

Faced with such a cold attitude of Chuikov, I was a little at a loss and at a loss, so I had to salute Chuikov again. Asked aloud: "Comrade Commander." Can I leave? ”

"Go ahead!" I just turned to leave. I heard Chuikov suddenly say again: "Comrade Oshanina, I remind you that there are only two days left before the time to attack the settlements. If you can't take it, I won't be able to help you then, and you will have to go and ask General Shumilov for guilt. ”

These words of Chuikov hurt my self-esteem a little bit, and I felt extremely embarrassed, and I felt a sour nose at that time. Tears almost burst out of my eyes because of grievances. But in front of my subordinates, I tried my best to control my feelings, gritted my teeth and replied: "Please rest assured, Comrade Commander, that the independent division will ensure that the tasks assigned by the superiors will be fulfilled well." ”

"Then I'll wish you the best of luck!" Chuikov said in an official tone: "Now you can leave, and hurry back to your troops as much as possible." ”

Coming to the parking lot outside the headquarters, Vera greeted her with the fighters of the guard squad and the reconnaissance detachment, and asked with concern: "Lida, what should we do next?" ”

I pointed to the truck parked not far away and gave a loud order: "The truck in front of the guard squad, the fighters of the reconnaissance detachment in the back." Then I lowered my voice and said to Gaidar: "Comrade Captain. You and the engineer should also get into the truck in the back, and we will rush back to the division as soon as possible. "Seeing Gaidar want to salute me. I also patted him on the arm and urged him, "Don't salute, hurry up and get in the car." ”

Since I didn't have a jeep, I had to sit on the driver's seat of the truck. On the way back to the station, I was thinking about Chuikov's attitude towards me, why there was such a big change in a short period of time, could it be that something unexpected happened during the time I was away.

When approaching the defense area of the 208th Division, the road was blocked, and seeing that the car could not pass, the driver stopped the car firmly in the middle of the road. In the hazy night, I saw at least twenty or thirty trucks parked on the road ahead. Seeing this scene, I said to the driver unhappily: "Comrade driver, you go to the front to see what happened, why so many cars are parked here and don't leave." ”

The driver said yes, pushed the door open and jumped in. Not long after the driver left, Gaidar in the back car also ran over, tilted his head and asked me strangely: "Comrade division commander, what happened in front, why are so many cars parked here?" ”

I shook my head and replied, "I don't know what's going on." However, I have already sent the driver to the front to inquire, and when he returns, he will understand everything as soon as he returns. With that, I pushed the door open, got out of the bridge, and stood with Gaidar, looking worriedly at the motionless convoy in front of me.

"Comrade division commander, I have a question that I have always wanted to ask you, I don't know if it is suitable or not?" Perhaps thinking it was too boring to stand and wait for news, Gaidar asked without words.

"What's the matter, just ask!" I said disapprovingly.

"I think General Chuikov's attitude towards you today is very different from last night. I don't know if something went wrong during this day, which will lead to a big change in General Zhan's attitude towards you. ”

"Comrade Captain," I lowered my face when I heard his question, and said with a straight face: "What attitude the commander treats me is his own business, and it is not your turn to care. ”

Fortunately, at this time, I saw the driver running towards us, and Gaidar escaped the doom of being scolded by me. The driver ran in front of us, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said loudly: "Comrade Colonel Report, I have figured out that the convoy in front stopped because there were several aerial bombs dropped by enemy aircraft on the road. ”

"Has the road been blown up?" I asked nervously.

The driver shook his head and replied, "The road is not damaged, but the bombs on the road can explode at any time." Perhaps to make a footnote to his words, as soon as his words fell, there was a flash of fire in the distance, and then a loud "boom" shook the ground beneath my feet.

"Look, these bombs don't know when they're going to explode, so the drivers don't dare to drive forward, for fear that they will explode as soon as they pass by. It is a trivial matter for people to sacrifice, and I am afraid that the ammunition on the car will explode and affect other vehicles. ”

When I heard that the ammunition was being transported on the truck, I couldn't help but feel moved, and I said that the ammunition transported by this convoy could not have been replenished to us by our superiors, right? Thinking of this, he hurriedly pulled the driver and asked: "Comrade driver, do you know where these ammunition are transported?" ”

The driver shook his head and said a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry." Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. I didn't really ask. ”

Since I can't get any valuable information from the driver. Then I'll have to go to the front and ask myself. I looked at the light in front of me, patted Gaidar on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go, Comrade Captain, let's go to the front and have a look." With that, he pulled his legs and walked forward.

The two of us walked briskly forward, the truck compartments along the road covered with tarps, and on them sat two or three soldiers escorting the truck. Because of their duties, they couldn't get out of the car casually, so they could only sit in the car and look at the area of the explosion just now.

Walking to the front, I saw a truck in the middle of the road that had overturned and burned to the ground with only the frame left, and a large group of people were surrounded by black pressure around the truck, standing there looking at the newly exploded crater in front of me in a daze, the power of the bomb was not small, and the crater formed by the explosion almost cut off the road.

I stepped forward and asked aloud, "Which of you is the commander and which of you is the commander?" ”

After shouting a few times. A captain squeezed out of the crowd and walked up to me. Raising his hand and saluting, he said: "Comrade Colonel, I am the captain of the transport team. ”

My eyes looked at the sporadic flames around the crater that had not yet been extinguished, and I asked, "Comrade Captain, what happened?" Why did the convoy stop? ”

The captain straightened his large-brimmed hat, pointed to the front and said: "During the daytime air raids, the enemy dropped a lot of time-delayed aerial bombs on the road ahead. We didn't know when the bombs would explode, so we had to stop for the time being when we couldn't ensure the safe passage of the convoy. Then he yelled at the wreckage of the truck, and said, "This truck must have been damaged during the daytime air raid." ”

"Can you get around from the left and right?" I looked around and saw that it was an open field, so I asked the captain.

"No," said the captain, shaking his head, "the soil on both sides of the road is too soft, and we are all heavy vehicles, and we will get stuck and unable to move as soon as we drive up." ”

"What measures have been taken?" I asked, officially.

"I've sent someone to the front station to find a sapper." He raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, "The soldiers have been on their way for half an hour, and if there are sappers, they should be able to return in ten minutes." ”

When I heard that the sappers would arrive in ten minutes, I felt much more at ease. I took the time to ask the captain about the whereabouts of the convoy: "Comrade Captain, which unit is this convoy carrying ammunition to?" ”

Hearing my question, the captain quickly closed his mouth and looked me up and down vigilantly. After a long while, he replied vaguely: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the whereabouts of the convoy are military secrets, and I have no right to reveal any information to you until I find out your identity." ”

"Comrade Captain, this is the commander of our separate division, Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina." Gaidar couldn't get used to the captain's face, so he explained my identity to the captain without my permission.

After hearing what Gaidar had said, the captain hurriedly saluted me and reported: "Hello, comrade division commander. Our company was ordered to transport newly replenished weapons and ammunition to the independent division, but when we came here, we were blocked by aerial bombs dropped by enemy aircraft. ”

Hearing that the convoy was transporting ammunition for us, Gaidar was a little breathless, and he leaned into my ear and said: "Comrade division commander, we should find a way to get through this place and distribute the ammunition to the commanders and fighters as much as possible." ”

I pointed forward and said helplessly, "Didn't you see the power of the bomb that just exploded?" With such a large crater, our car had to slow down as we went around, and if another bomb exploded at this point, our convoy would be completely finished. ”

"Comrade division commander, what should I do then?" Gaidar anxiously asked: "Although the captain sent someone to find the sappers, did the sappers come and help us defuse the bombs?" ”

At this moment, there was another flash of fire in the distance, followed by an earth-shattering explosion, and it seemed that another bomb had exploded. Because I was closer to the explosion point this time, I clearly felt the shock wave from the explosion, and I was rushed back a step.

The sudden explosion shocked my heart. I looked up ahead, and although I couldn't see where the rest of the bombs were, my heart hung in the air. The explosion of these bombs is very irregular, can the sappers who come to defuse the bombs ensure their own safety?

Not only did my heart become unsteady, but even Gaidar and the captain became irritable. Gaidar was walking back and forth in front of me, still muttering, "Holy. It's been so long. Why haven't the sappers come yet? ”

"Comrade Captain. Comrade Captain. There was a faint shout in the distance.

Hearing this, the captain's face showed joy, and he said in shock: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, it is the soldier I sent to find the sappers, and it seems that our sappers have come. ”

Less than two minutes after the rejoicing was overjoyed, two fighters ran up to us out of breath, raised their hands to salute the captain, and reported: "Report to the captain comrade." We had just arrived at the friendly camp and told them our request to find sappers, but they told us that there were no sappers, and that all the sappers had been transferred to other areas to build fortifications. ”

"Really?" The captain grabbed a soldier by the collar and asked viciously, "Aren't there any sappers?" ”

The warrior nodded vigorously, thought about it and felt that it was wrong, shook his head again, and replied: "Yes, Comrade Captain." This is what the comrades of the friendly forces told me that there was not a single sapper left. ”

The captain was so angry that he pushed the soldier hard. Walked up to me and said angrily: "Comrade division commander, now there are no sappers, what do you say we should do?" ”

"Otherwise, let's wait until the bomb is over." Gaidar didn't wait for me to speak, and preemptively presented his opinion.

"No way!" I immediately denied his suggestion that the explosion of these bombs is irregular, and I don't know if I have to wait until all these bombs explode. "We are pressed for time and cannot wait that long."

"So what to do? Comrade division commander. "This time it was the captain of the automobile corps who asked the question.

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I have a Jianyì, I don't know whether to say it or not?" The driver of the truck I was in didn't know when he crowded around me and asked for my opinion.

"Let's hear about it." Since there are no sappers to deal with the bombs, we can only rely on ourselves.

"We pooled the team and divided it into two teams. One team was responsible for pushing the bomb off the road with ropes, and the other team was responsible for filling in the craters created by the explosion of the bomb. You see, how is this build of mine? ”

"This method is good!" Gaidar touched his chin with his hand and said thoughtfully: "But what if the bomb explodes while we are dragging it, but the driver still looks at me without giving up, waiting for my final decision." To be honest, I think the driver's mention and great operability are that the time of the bomb explosion is not easy to grasp, maybe when the soldier takes the rope to set the bomb, maybe in the process of dragging, there may be an explosion, in that case, our fighters will have a lot of casualties.

When I was in a dilemma, I suddenly remembered a movie I had watched before, the Germans dropped many time bombs in the city, and the bombs were written "white sugar", and the hungry and cold residents saw this word, and immediately flocked to grab the so-called white sugar in the bomb, but at this moment, the bomb suddenly exploded, causing heavy casualties to the residents. I distinctly remember that before the bomb exploded, the wind wings on the tail suddenly spun at high speed, causing the firing pin on the bomb to retract inward, hitting the fuse, and finally causing the bomb to explode.

When I figured out how the bomb exploded, I felt much more relaxed. I said to the three people in front of me, "I came up with a way to hold the wind wings on the tail of the bomb and keep it from turning, so that the bomb wouldn't explode so we could safely move the bomb to the side of the road." ”

As soon as my words fell, the captain slapped his thigh excitedly and said excitedly: "My God, I have transported so many bombs, why didn't I expect that!" Speaking of this, he said confidently: "Comrade division commander, the matter of fixing the wings has been handed over to me, and this little thing will not be difficult for me." ”

Then the captain gathered all his men, and Gaidar went to call several men from the guard squad and the able-bodied fighters of the reconnaissance detachment. Dozens of fighters were divided into two groups, one group was responsible for lassing the bombs with ropes and dragging them to an open field away from the road; The other group seized the time to fill in the two craters on the road.

Two hours later, the bombs that stood in the way were removed and the craters filled in. After this qiē, the truck, loaded with weapons and ammunition, continued to move towards the station of the independent division.

In order to regain the time that had just been lost in the bomb area, the motorists drove their cars as fast as they could. Even the driver of my car complained vigorously, muttering, "These boys are crazy." At night on such a road condition, driving at such a fast speed, if you are a little careless, if you encounter a big pothole, you will overturn. ”

Fortunately, the driver's fears did not materialize, and in less than an hour, our convoy was near the forest. As soon as they approached the forest, the convoy stopped. The driver poked his head out of the window to look at it and said to himself, "What's going on, why is it parked again?" ”

I smiled, just about to tease the driver. The driver suddenly retracted his head and said to me: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, look. The captain of the motor corps came. ”

I looked out the window and saw the captain of the motor car and another man walking side by side towards here. I quickly pushed the car door and got out of the car and greeted them.

A few paces away, I saw an officer in a large-brimmed hat beside the captain, and guessing that it might be the commander of an independent division, stopped and waited for the other party to come and report to me.

Seeing me standing on the side of the road, the commander who came side by side with the captain hurriedly quickened his pace and ran over to stand up in front of me and saluted: "Comrade division commander, the commander of the seventh company of the first regiment reports to you and listens to your orders." ”

I nodded at him and ordered, "Comrade Company Commander, you immediately arrange for someone to unload all the ammunition on the cart, move it to the forest, and distribute it to everyone after dawn." After saying that, I turned around and looked up at the guard squad who was still sitting in the carriage, sighed helplessly, and then ordered them: "Guard squad, all get off!" (To be continued......)

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