Shortly after the call with Zhukov ended, there was a knock at the door, and I hurriedly shouted: "Come in!" ”

As soon as I finished speaking, Vylor and Mihayev pushed the door and walked in, followed by the surrendered Captain Grams.

When the three of them entered the door and raised their hands to salute me, I paid special attention to the way Grams saluted, fearing that he would give me the infamous Nazi military salute. However, as it turned out, my fears were unfounded, and Grams's salute was the same as that of Villol, with the five fingers of his right hand together and naturally straightened, his middle finger slightly touching about 2 centimeters in front of the right corner of the brim, and his palm facing downwards and slightly outward, while staring at me.

After the salute, Velore hurriedly said, "Report to the division commander, we are in big trouble. ”

"What's the matter?" When I heard her say this, I couldn't help but feel nervous, and secretly said that our camouflage would not be seen through by the Germans so quickly, right?

Villore said, "It's complicated, let Captain Grams report back to you." With that, she turned and said a few words in German to Grams, who was behind her.

Grams nodded, took a step forward, and reported to me, and Mihayev next to him was translating for me in time: "Your Excellency, I regret to tell you that I received a call from Mr. Regiment Commander just now. He said by telephone that in order to ensure the safety and smooth flow of the communication line, three eastern battalions would be stationed along the railway line, with one battalion every 10 kilometers. Judging from the latest arrangements made by the superiors, a battalion will be placed in the north and south directions of our station. The nearest battalion to us was stationed, three kilometres south of the Abuganerovo station. ”

"Camp Oriental?!" Hear the term. I couldn't help but frown.

See me with this expression. Gramms was clearly misunderstood. He also thought that I did not know what the Eastern Battalion was, and took the initiative to explain it to me: "The armies recruited by Germany on the Eastern Front are collectively called' The 'Eastern Soldiers', which included soldiers who volunteered to join the German army from all over Eastern Europe, dressed in German uniforms and responsible for guarding the German lines of communication, fighting enemy partisans in the rear of the German army, and sometimes even defending some unimportant positions on the front, these soldiers were usually formed in battalions and rarely larger than that, and their presence greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the German army and the ability of counter-guerrilla warfare. ”

"Are there Soviet prisoners of war in the Vostok battalion?" When I heard this, I couldn't help but interject and ask.

"Yes." Captain Grams replied in the affirmative: "In the early days of the war. Our troops captured a large number of Soviet officers and soldiers. At first, the integration of these prisoners of war into the German army was not considered at all. But the crushing defeat of our troops under Moscow in the winter of 1941 heralded the end of the 'blitzkrieg' and the transformation of the Empire's policy in the East. In January 1942, the Wehrmacht began planning to recruit volunteers from the Soviet minority to form the 'Eastern Army'. Soon after receiving Hitler's permission, a large number of Eastern troops were formed, including 11 battalions of the 'Armenian Legion', 14 battalions of the 'Azerbaijani Legion', 14 battalions of the 'Georgian Legion', 5 battalions of the 'Caucasian Muslim Legion' (composed of Azerbaijanis, Chechens, etc.), 34 battalions of the 'Turkestan Legion', and 8 battalions of the 'Volga Tatar Regiment'. As far as I know, on August 12 of this year, Army Group South captured Elista, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia, and 3,000 Kalmyk Mongols joined the German army on their own initiative after German officers carried out propaganda and agitation in this Kalmyk Mongol settlement. Become one of the members of the new Eastern Battalion. ”

Listening to what Grams' said, I just nodded slightly. With a flat expression, he said to him, "Keep talking." ”

"But the German high command was not at ease with these 'Eastern Army's, fearing that these troops would ...... with the Russians."

"Huh?!" I couldn't help but snort heavily when I heard Gramms accidentally use the insulting term 'Russian'.

Hearing my snort, Gramms immediately came to his senses, knowing that he was in a different camp, and that some words could not be used casually. His face turned red, and he quickly corrected it: "No, it's not the Russians, it should be the Soviet army." The German high command was afraid that the Eastern Battalion would fight against the Soviet Army, so in addition to dispersing them in battalions and placing them in various units of the German Army, it also established a 'Eastern Soldiers' Monitoring Group' composed of SS officers and soldiers in the battalion. ”

Hearing that there was still a small SS unit in the Eastern Battalion, I asked with interest: "Captain Grams, what is the composition of this 'Eastern Soldiers' Monitoring Group that you are talking about?" ”

Gramms hurriedly introduced: "Usually the head of the monitoring team will be an SS commando squad leader, and his military rank is SS sergeant 1st class. The deputy leaders were two or three SS squad leaders of the first class, all of whom had the rank of SS sergeant of the second class. The remaining five or six members were usually SS privates or privates. ”

"Is there a lot of communication equipment in the Oriental Battalion?" I have the impression that the fighting power of the Eastern Battalion is far weaker than that of the Germans, and if they have more communications equipment, I can consider destroying them to replenish my communications company.

Unexpectedly, Grahms shook his head and said: "In order to prevent the radio station of the Dongfang Battalion from being seized and leaking secrets, they are not equipped with any communication equipment." Even if there is an order from the higher-ups, it is sent in the form of a written order to the commander of the battalion or to the head of the monitoring group. ”

After listening to Grahms's introduction, I turned my head to look at Velore and asked with some puzzlement: "Comrade Political Commissar, I don't know what you mean by big trouble?" ”

When Velore heard me ask, her face couldn't help but show surprise, and she said in surprise: "Comrade Division Commander, don't you think that our station is sandwiched between two Eastern Battalions, and our movement at night will be restricted?" ”

After listening to her, I shrugged my shoulders and said lightly: "Isn't it just two Dongfang battalions, this is nothing, just get rid of them." ”

My words startled Velol, and she reminded me with some excitement: "Comrade Division Commander. I heard you right. You said you want to get rid of these two Eastern battalions? ”

"That's right. You heard it right, I mean to get rid of them all. I nodded and replied in the affirmative.

"But, how to solve it? You know, the camps of the two Eastern battalions and the adjacent German camps were only two or three kilometers apart. Unlike the few small hills around our station, there are grasslands or open fields everywhere, and in the event of a fight, there is no communication equipment to communicate with you. The alarmed Germans will also swarm, and our attacking forces will be flanked in front and rear. ”

After listening to Mihayev's translation, Grahms, who was standing next to him, also echoed and said: "Yes, Your Excellency the division commander, in the event of a battle in the camp of the Eastern Battalion, the nearby defenders will arrive for reinforcements in the shortest possible time. At this, he shrugged his shoulders and said in a regretful tone, "I'm sorry, I don't think this plan of yours will work. ”

Seeing that both of them were so worried, I was relieved. Since even my own people did not believe that I could easily finish out two Eastern battalions, then the Germans could not think of it even more. In this way, I am more confident in the implementation of this plan.

I leaned back, leaned back in my chair, crossed my fingers on my chest, smiled and said to the three people in front of me, "When did I say that I wanted us to attack the Eastern Battalion?" ”

Velore was confused by my words, she stared at me dumbfounded, and hesitated for a long time before she said, "Division Commander, didn't you just say that you wanted to get rid of the Eastern Battalion?" ”

I nodded, sat up straight, beckoned to a few people, and said, "You all come here and see the distribution of the German army and the Eastern battalion." When the three of them were gathered around the table, I looked up and said to Grams, "Mr. Captain, let you tell you about the distribution of the camp." With that, I pushed the map on the table, all in German, in front of him.

Grahms didn't say anything polite to me, but pointed to the map on the table and said: "Our camps are distributed according to the standard of five kilometers apart, which means that there are camps of our army five kilometers to the north and south of the station. The reason why your seizure of the station was not exposed, I guess it has something to do with the surrounding hills, because of their obscurion, I only heard very faint gunfire here when you attacked the camp to the north, and I did not receive warning from friendly troops, so I did not strengthen the station's vigilance. When you were seizing the station, the friendly forces a few kilometers away could not hear much movement either, so when the higher commander called to inquire, I only had to say that I had been harassed by the guerrillas, so that I could cover it up. But there are no hills between the eastern camp and these camps, and the distance is not too far. I don't think it's possible for us to destroy the Eastern Battalion without alarming the troops of the other camps. ”

After Gramms's words were finished, Velore nodded in affirmation, and when she saw that I was still staring at the map on the desktop with an expressionless face, she couldn't help but kindly remind me: "Division commander, I think Captain Grams is right, the Germans and the camp of the Eastern Battalion are too close to each other, and at most ten minutes, their reinforcements will arrive, and we simply can't solve the battle in such a short time." ”

Instead of answering Vellore's ballast, I continued to ask Grams, "Mr. Captain, is that eastern battalion to the north stationed in the place where the train was blown up in the early morning?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." Grammers replied in the affirmative. "Our eastern battalion to the south is the Azerbaijani battalion, and to the north is the Georgian battalion."

Only then did I turn to Velore and say, "Commissar Velore, now I'm going to introduce you to my operational plan. At eleven o'clock, you send a small force on motorcycles, armed with machine guns and mortars, to the vicinity of the German camp on the south side, and bombard the enemy camp with mortars and machine gun fire. ”

"What are we going to do if we lure the Germans out?" As Vellor said this, he glanced warily at Captain Grams, who was beside him.

I saw her look in my eyes, and understood that she was actually still not at ease with this captain who had surrendered, and was deeply afraid that the other party would leak the secret after hearing about our army's plan. I just smiled and replied, "The purpose of I asked you to do this is to lure the Germans out of the camp." Lead them in the direction of the Azerbaijani battalion and try to get them to fight among themselves. ”

"What if they don't fight?" Velore asked uncomfortedly.

"If they don't fight, we'll help him. As soon as the Germans and the Azerbaijani battalion exchanged fire, we sent two companies to attack from the station. Go and attack the Azerbaijani battalion. At this time. "That's what I'm talking about. Then he turned to Grams: "It is necessary for Captain Grams to call his original superiors and report to the other party that the Azerbaijani battalion has mutinied and is attacking the station, and is asking for friendly support." ”

Before I could finish my sentence, a smile appeared on Velol's face, and it was clear that she understood my intentions, and sure enough, she added, "Comrade Divisional Commander." I think I get what you mean. Once the fighting began, the Azerbaijani battalion, which did not have communications equipment, could not communicate with the Germans, and when it was dark, the flag was useless. Therefore, even if they knew that it was a misunderstanding, they had to fight hard in order not to be eliminated. Comrade division commander, am I right? ”

"Exactly, that's how I envisioned it."

"And what about that Georgian battalion to the north?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll let Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov send troops to solve it."

Sent away Vylol, Mihayev, and Grams, and I put Shura in touch with Sederikov. The lieutenant colonel may have been waiting for news from me. When he heard my voice, he actually asked in a folded voice with some excitement, "Thank God." The division commander is of the same race, and you finally came in with me. How are you now, did you safely reach the Abuganerovo station, joined up with Lieutenant Colonel Oleg's troops? ”

I waited for him to finish speaking, and then said unhurriedly: "Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov, thank you for your concern, although there was a little trouble on the way, we still arrived at the Abuganerovo station and joined the troops of Oleg and Vylol. By the way, let me tell you again, the troops of Oleg and Vylor were combined to form the Fifth Regiment, with Lieutenant Colonel Oleg as the commander and the political commissar as the Vilore political instructor. Is the defense area of my division attacked by the Germans today? ”

Sederikov quickly replied: "Report to the division commander, not for the time being. However, the Germans were launching a fierce offensive against the 57th Army and the 70th Guards Division and the 157th Infantry Division on the right flank of our division. ”

Hearing him say this, I said with deep feeling: "Well, it seems that our night raid operation disrupted the combat deployment of the German army, so as to ensure that the defense area of our division can be safe and sound for the time being. ”

"So tonight am I sending troops from the main position, or are you sending troops from the Abuganeerovo station to attack the German camp again, huh?" Shedelikov's reaction was quite fast, and he immediately understood that my phone call with him had something to do with the night raid, so before I could speak, he had already preemptively asked.

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov, you're now quite quick to grasp my intentions." I couldn't help but smile and praise him, and then said, "Now I'll assign you a combat mission, you can remember it." ”

There was a small voice in the headphones, presumably Shederikov was looking for a pen and paper, and soon I heard him say: "Comrade division commander, I am ready, please give orders." ”

"In order to ensure the smooth flow of the railway line, the German army will send three eastern battalions to the railway line this afternoon. One of the Azerbaijani battalions was stationed three kilometers south of the Abuganelovo station; Another Georgian battalion was stationed near the train that had been destroyed by artillery fire in the early morning. In the vicinity of these two battalions, large German troops were stationed. ”

"Do you mean that we are going to attack this Georgian battalion? So, how many troops should we send to the night raid, do we need fire support from Yegonovich's artillery battalion and Captain Perstian's tank detachment to cover the charge of the troops? ...... "Shedelikov tasted the sweetness of the attack on the German 29th Motorized Rifle Division last time, and thought that I would fight like last time, so he asked us if we would use artillery and tanks.

"Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov," I was afraid that if he continued, maybe he would ask the group army or friendly forces to provide artillery support or something, so he quickly interrupted his later words and said in an accentuated tone: "Tonight's operation will not use Persjian's tanks or Yegonovich's artillery battalion, I only need you to send two squads of fighters." ”

My words were so startled that Sederikov stammered: "What...... What, only ...... Only send ...... Send two...... Two classes? Is this appropriate? ”

"Nothing inappropriate, Comrade Sederikov." I confidently said, "You're just going to harass the Germans, what do you want so many people to do?" ”

Shedelikov was silent for a long time before he asked tentatively: "Division commander, can I ask how to fight tonight's battle?" ”

I thought for a moment, and then said to him: "You ask Captain Morozov to take two squads of fighters, on motorcycles and mortars, to split into two lines to shell the German and Georgian camps. When the enemy rushed out of the camp, the fighters who shelled the German camp withdrew to the Georgian camp; And the artillerymen who bombarded the Georgian battalion withdrew in the direction of the German camp. Lure the two enemies into one place, and let them fight themselves. ”

After listening to my plan, after a short silence, Shedelikov said to me: "Comrade division commander, I think the number of people in the two classes is too small, and it should be doubled. ”

"Why?" His formulation made me curious, didn't he know that this type of attack was as small as possible.

"I intend to have the two new squads lay mines on the roads outside the two camps. This way, when the enemy rushes out of the camp, the mines can slow down the enemy, giving our fighters more time to retreat calmly. What do you see? ”

"Very well, just do as you say." Sederikov really thought more thoughtfully than I did, if a few armored vehicles rushed out of the shelled German camp, the soldiers on motorcycles would not have the slightest power to fight back. If the enemy steps on a mine, the pursuit will slow down, and then our fighters will have time to retreat calmly.

"Comrade division commander, last question, what time will the battle start tonight?"

"Eleven o'clock in the evening." I was afraid that he would ask for instructions again when the time came, so I specially reminded him: "To solve the battle of the Georgian battalion, I will give you full command, and you don't need to ask for instructions at that time, just carry out the order." ”

If it were not for the fact that the Georgian battalion was too far from the Abuganelovo station, then they would have suffered the same fate as the Azerbaijani battalion. But they don't want to sleep well tonight, let them go dog-eat-dog with the Germans and have a good fight. I would very much like to know whether the Germans had the upper hand or the Georgian battalion had the better chance of victory in a field battle of equal strength.

As soon as I finished giving the task to Sedjerikov, Chuikov's phone called. Hearing my voice, he said apologetically: "Comrade Oshanina, I am sorry that although I tried my best to persuade Generals Shumilov and Yeremenko, the opinions of the army group and the front army were surprisingly unified, and they all demanded that you hold out at least five days at the Abuganerovo station and firmly hold the 4th Gothic Tank Army to the north. ”

I didn't answer his question, but took the initiative to ask: "Comrade commander, the day after tomorrow is September 1, when do you plan to take up your post in the 62nd Army?" ”

Chuikov hesitated for a moment and replied: "Judging from the current situation of the war, it is possible that my appointment time will be postponed. But don't worry, even if you want to take office, you will have to wait until you and your troops are withdrawn from behind enemy lines. ”

Chuikov's words were obviously not casual words, but sincere words, so I thanked him again and again: "Thank you, Comrade Commander. Rest assured, I will return to our position safely after completing my mission. I would also like to follow you to the 62nd Army to fight the Germans and follow you to build immortal feats. ”

I made Chuikov laugh out loud with my unmarked sycophancy, and when the laughter stopped, he continued: "Oshanina, I know that you are now in the rear of the German army, and you are in a very dangerous situation. If you see that the shape is not good, don't resist hard, I will allow you to break away from the army and break through in single disguise. ”

When I heard him say the same thing as Zhukov, my heart warmed, and I hurriedly replied: "Please rest assured, Comrade Commander, that I am confident that I will complete the task after only holding on here at the station for five days, so please do not worry about my comfort." ”

"Well, since you say so." Chuikov paused at this point, and then said the usual cliché: "I just wish you good luck!" (To be continued......)

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