I deliberately glanced at the ranks on the two collar badges, one captain and one captain, and the rank was not as high as mine, and it seemed that they would have to obey my command when they fought later.

Tarantsev pointed to me and introduced the two of them: "This is Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, the adjutant of the headquarters, and she will be responsible for this counterattack, and you must decisively obey her command." ”

After listening to Tarantsev's introduction, the two officers looked at me with some surprise, and then the lieutenant asked tentatively in an uncertain tone: "Comrade brigade commander, you mean that this commander is here to command us in battle, I heard you right?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Captain." I knew in my heart that if I couldn't convince these people as soon as possible, I would be in trouble if I didn't obey my command on the battlefield later, so I took over before Tarantsev could speak, "You heard me right, I came to command this counterattack on the orders of Comrade Comrade Commander of the Group Army. But don't worry I'm going to be a burden to you, I've fought many brutal battles and have a lot of combat experience. At this point, I paused, pointed to my collar badge and the medal on my chest, and then continued: "My rank and medal were obtained in battle. ”

After hearing this, the eyes of the two officers swept over my collar and medal, and then they glanced at each other, and their faces showed relaxed expressions.

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Tarantsev coughed, drawing everyone's attention back to him, and he asked me in a steady tone: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I would like to ask how you plan to fight the attack later?" ”

"yes. Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. The lieutenant chimed in and said, "The attack just now." You must have seen it too. The Germans blocked the path of our attack with a dozen light and heavy machine guns. Our commanders and fighters simply could not rush forward. ”

On the way here, I thought about how to attack, and I pointed to the German position and said: "From us, to the German position, the distance is about five or six hundred meters." ……”

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the exact distance is 620 meters." The captain, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly interjected: "If you still charge like just now, you will not wait to rush to the enemy's position." Our people should be gone. ”

After thanking Captain Lu, I continued: "My plan is that the troops will charge in a loose attacking formation, and when they rush to the middle of the two positions, let the soldiers hide in the bomb craters, and with this dense shell crater and bomb crater, alternately cover the approaching enemy positions. When we were only twenty or thirty meters from the trench, we asked the fighters to throw grenades and destroy the fire points on the position that posed a big threat to us. ”

After listening to my plan, Tarantsev nodded. He said with satisfaction: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, although this way of playing of yours is time-consuming. However, it can greatly reduce the casualties of the troops, and at the same time the probability of capturing the enemy's position is higher. Speaking of this, he raised his head and said to the two commanders: "What are you still doing in a daze, go and gather the company platoon commanders under your command, and convey the lieutenant colonel's fighting style, so that every soldier can know it in his heart." ”

After the two commanders left, Tarantsev gently patted me on the shoulder and said with concern: "Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, the danger of this attack is too great, and before you can attack, if you want to regret it, I will go to the commander to intercede for you." ”

I was very touched by his concern, but at the moment I was riding a tiger, who told me to talk too much, to jump out in front of Korpakic and volunteer to command this counterattack.

I smiled bitterly and replied stubbornly: "Comrade division commander, I have participated in such battles many times, and although they are dangerous, they have won the most victorious battles, and I believe that this counterattack will also be victorious." In order not to make the atmosphere too dull, I deliberately changed the subject, "Are the attacking troops all sailors?" ”

"No, there is only one company of sailors, and the rest are the original infantry of the 192nd Division."

"Comrade brigade commander, everything is ready!" Hearing the shouts of the captain in the distance, Tarantsev reached out to me and said sincerely: "Well, comrade lieutenant colonel, I wish you good luck!" You must come back alive! ”

The captain and captain, seeing me trotting along the trench towards them, drew a pistol from the holster at his waist, raised it high above his head, and shouted loudly: "Comrades, for the Motherland!" For Stalin! Follow me! After shouting, he climbed out of the trench with his hands and feet, and rushed to the opposite side first.

I pulled out my pistol and just wanted to shout like the two of them, but when I saw that the commanders and fighters in the trench shouted "Ula" in unison, they all followed the example of the two commanders and crawled out of the trench with their hands and feet. I looked left and right with some embarrassment, and saw that everyone was running outside the trench, and no one paid attention to me, so I quickly put my pistol in the holster and crawled out of the trench after them.

My orders were faithfully carried out, and the attacking troops, when they were still two or three hundred meters from the opposite position, dispersed and hid in those dense craters. The fighters hid in the crater for a while, and seeing that the enemy was not moving, they jumped up, jumped out of the crater where they were hiding, ran a few steps, and quickly jumped into another crater.

The German positions were originally silent, and when they saw that our commanders and fighters did not attack in a neat formation as they had just done, but relied on numerous craters to gradually approach their positions, they immediately panicked, and their light and heavy machine guns immediately opened fire.

At a distance, the enemy's machine guns were not much of a threat to us. As we approached within a hundred meters, the dense network of fire from the enemy's machine guns crushed our fighters in the craters and could not lift their heads. I saw several brave sailors, leaping out of the craters where they were hiding, bravely rushing towards the enemy's position with their rifles in hand.

The Germans spotted them immediately, and a sudden fire-breathing machine gun turned around and fired wildly at them, and in just a dozen seconds, they were all knocked down by a dense barrage of machine gun bullets.

I peeked out of the crater and saw a tank with its tracks blown up about ten meters in front of me, so I quickly climbed out of the crater and crawled towards the tank. It wasn't until I got under the chassis of the tank that I was secretly relieved that this position had a wide field of vision and was not easy to be hit by stray bullets, so I could safely hide until the end of the battle.

At that moment, I heard a whistle next to me, and I looked sideways curiously, and it turned out to be the captain hiding in the crater next to the tank. With his whistle, the entire position resounded one after another with the sound of rifle fire and machine gun fire, and the suppressed whistle.

Seeing that the whistles were all made by the sailors, I couldn't help frowning, and secretly said in my heart, when will you still have time to whistle and play.

The next scene that happened was something I will never forget. The sailors who were hiding in the crater took off their steel helmets one after another, took out their beanie streamer caps from their bosoms and put them on their heads, put their guns in the craters, and drew their grenades and held them in their hands.

With another whistle, two sailors with grenades in their hands jumped out of the crater and rushed towards the enemy's position. Unfortunately, after a few steps, a large number of bullets fired by the enemy's machine guns arrived, and the sailors who were shot rushed forward a few more steps by inertia, and then fell headlong into the crater.

Seeing that his comrades had fired, a sailor was red-eyed, he stood up suddenly, pulled the string of the grenade, and rushed up with a "sizzle" smoking grenade. Just rushed out halfway, there was a "boom". In a cloud of smoke, a living person disappeared from my sight in an instant.

Although three sailors were killed in succession, the surviving sailors did not feel intimidated, and more sailors jumped out of their hiding places, grenades in their hands, and rushed towards the enemy's position one after another. Most of the sailors, before they could rush to the position, fell under the guns of the Germans. There were also a few lucky sailors who, under the cover of the crater, quickly approached the German positions, and then jumped into the trenches with a pull of the grenade strings. After a loud bang, one of the enemy's fire points was wiped out. (To be continued......)