This wrestling fell extremely hard, and I was born as a Buddha and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, lying in the trench for a long time without moving.

German shells rained down and turned our positions into a sea of fire, all of which were filled with deafening explosions. I know that the passage under the hillside of the road is now under the same heavy artillery fire as we are, and the queue of the field hospital cannot escape the fate of heavy casualties. But at this moment, under such heavy shelling, I can't hear the screams, I can't hear the gunshots, except for the explosion, it's still the explosion!

The dirt fell and hit me, as if the sky had fallen and the mountains had fallen. The dirt that fell from the sky was like a quilt, and it kept covering my body. I covered my mouth and nose with my hands so that the dirt wouldn't get in and suffocate myself.

I don't know how long it took, but it was suddenly quiet outside. Then I could faintly hear someone blowing the whistle and then someone shouting, "...... Enter the position, the enemy is coming! Hurry up and get into position, the enemy is coming! ”

I squirmed as hard as I could, trying to arch the dirt that was pressing down on me. My movements alarmed the warrior next to me, who threw himself at me and pulled me out of the dirt, asking with concern, "How is it?" You're all right, are you? ”

"There should be no problem!" As I spoke, I patted the floating soil on my shoulder with my hand and stood up against the dirt wall. Perhaps it was because I stood up too violently, I felt a wave of dizziness, and I stood against the dirt wall for a while before I returned to normal.

Looking around, the German artillery bombardment just now has caused very obvious damage to our positions, many sections of the trenches have collapsed, and there are many corpses lying in the trenches, and many wounded people who are groaning in pain.

Binoculars and assault rifles, after falling into the trench just now, I don't know where they were lost. Seeing a lot of guns and ammunition scattered on the ground, I grabbed a rifle and ran down the trench towards the command post I remembered.

Thankfully, the command post that appeared in my field of vision was still intact, and I got headlong into it.

Lieutenant Ugad, who was holding up a telescope to check the enemy's situation, saw me suddenly break in, and was stunned for a moment, then relaxed, and asked with concern: "Where did you come from?" Comrade Major. ”

I sat down on a stool next to the wooden table, patting the dust on my body and replied, "From the trenches." Hell, I was almost buried alive during the shelling just now. What's going on outside? ”

"Very bad, Comrade Major." He handed me the binoculars and said, "As soon as the shelling was over, their infantry, under the cover of tanks, attacked us. It's fast approaching at the moment. ”

I leaned my rifle against the table, took the binoculars in his hand, and went to the observation hole to observe the enemy. The attacking German troops, with two tanks as the pioneers, rushed towards our position with great vigour, and hundreds of German soldiers with various weapons and bent over trotted followed.

I looked inside the command post, and in addition to Ugad, there was also a soldier standing guard at the door. Just as he was about to call the soldier in to set up the task, Sergeant Gerasimenko, who was temporarily a guest of our guard, ran in with a shout: "Comrade lieutenant, comrade lieutenant. I searched everywhere, but I didn't find Comrade Major, and I don't know if she ......."

"Here I am, Comrade Sergeant." I knew that his gaffe was because I was worried about my safety, so I immediately interrupted his words, walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and said gratefully: "I am safe, thank you!" ”

The sergeant didn't say anything, just straightened up and stood in front of me like a telephone pole, waiting for my orders.

Since the sergeant came, I did not call the sentry at the door again, but gave him an order directly: "Comrade sergeant, you immediately go down the hillside and find Captain Witorganov of the 29th Tank Brigade." Let's just say that I said it, let him immediately drive the tank up the hill, we need his fire cover here. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, Comrade Major. I promise to complete the task. With that, Sergeant Gerasimenko turned around and ran out of the command post and went down the hill to convey my order to Captain Witolganov.

As soon as the sergeant had left, Lieutenant Ugad walked up to me, gave me a solemn salute, and said, "Comrade Major, please allow me to go to the trenches to command the troops." ”

"Go ahead, Lieutenant. Good luck! "The fighters in the trenches came from several different companies, and it was true that there was a need for a commander with a lot of combat experience like Ugad to command, so I agreed to his request without hesitation.

The German tanks soon approached our trenches, one was destroyed by the anti-tank guns on the position, and then the anti-tank position was destroyed by the shells of the remaining German tanks. Ugard sent several fighters with grenades out of the trench in an attempt to take out the damn tank, only to be swept down by the tank's machine guns or hit by the Germans following behind.

At this moment, a puff of dirt rushed up next to the approaching tank, and an explosion sounded, and several German soldiers who were following them were knocked to the ground by shrapnel.

"What's going on? Could it be that Second Lieutenant Miducci's mortar platoon opened fire? The thought crossed my mind.

Then another explosion sounded. This time it hit the tank directly, and smoke came out of the tank's observation hole, and the body shook violently and stopped.

Can a mortar also destroy a tank? I was thinking about it when I heard the roar of motors, and then several T34s came into view, charging at high speed towards the German infantry, who had lost the cover of the tanks. It dawned on me that it was Captain Witolganov's tank unit coming up.

Seeing that the tank units of our army were coming up, Ugad, with a submachine gun in his hand, jumped out of the trench. Turning back to shouting something to the warriors, he took the lead and rushed down. Then I was delighted to see hordes of fighters jumping out of the trenches. They overrode Ugad and rushed forward.

The German attack was repulsed. Captain Witolganov's tank unit and Ugad's infantry pursued only a few hundred meters, and after completely annihilating the invading Germans, they returned to their positions.

In the battle just now, the troops on the high ground suffered heavy casualties, and the entire position, including the wounded, was only 126 people, barely a company formation. However, the casualties were even heavier in the field hospital crowded in the passage, and the wounded troops, who were already slow to move, had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide when they were shelled by the Germans, and the wounded and medical personnel fell in pieces in the shelling. The chariot that was still burning after it was overturned, the crooked corpses of soldiers, were scattered in the black pressure in the passage full of craters, and the smell of burnt human flesh floated in the air.

I stood on the top of the hillside, looking at the miserable situation in the passage below, and wanted to cry without tears.

Lieutenant Ugad, with his arms hanging over his chest, walked up to me and whispered: "Comrade Major, Division Commander Anchufeev and Commander Harpy they have arrived. ”

I looked west, and at the entrance to the passage, there stood several commanders in large-brimmed hats, directing the new troops to clean up the corpses in the passage. Although it was a little far away, I could see clearly that among the commanders, there were Colonel Anchufeev and Lieutenant Colonel Harpy.

I sighed, trotted down the hill, came to them, and was about to raise my hand to salute the report, when I found Colonel Anchufeev standing beside Colonel Anchufeev, a major general of medium height and a thin face, and I could not help but hesitate for a moment, not knowing to whom to report.

Anchufeev saw my embarrassment, pointed to the general and said: "This is General Privalov from the command of the army group, you can report to him." ”

General Privalov, this name is quite familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere before. But at this moment, I didn't bother to think about it, and walked directly in front of the general and saluted him: "Report to Comrade General, Major Oshanina reports to you that we have broken through the heavy encirclement of the German army and achieved a rendezvous with the reinforcements of the front army. At your command. ”

The major general raised his hand to his forehead, returned the salute, and said slowly: "Good job, Comrade Major." Now that you've broken through the siege, let's take your troops and escort the field hospital to the Miasnebor area. ”

I find it a little inexplicable to General Privalov's inexplicable order, knowing that there are Germans in the vicinity of the passage, and they may attack again at any time to cut off this narrow corridor. The first thing we need to do is to organize our forces and sweep away these enemies who are entrenched near the lines of communication, or to strengthen the defensive forces on the high ground on both sides of the passage to ensure the smooth flow of this road.

Thinking of this, I retorted: "Comrade General, you must know that the Germans are still encamped a few hundred meters away from here, and they may attack at any time. If we withdraw our troops, they can re-seal this passage that our troops have managed to open with great difficulty at any time. ”

General Privalov glared at me fiercely and said in a stern tone: "Major Oshanina, don't you know that the orders of your superiors are not allowed to be discussed?" "At this moment, I suddenly remembered who the general in front of me was, the army that broke through to the north a few days ago was completely wiped out by him, and he commanded it, but I didn't expect him to come here again to command blindly. Thinking of this, my hand couldn't help but touch the holster on my waist.

"Major Oshanina," Lieutenant Colonel Harpy suddenly yelled beside him, and I was so frightened that I hurriedly came to a stand, and the action of touching the holster of the gun was inadvertently stopped. "Please tell General Privalov why you can't withdraw your troops." ”

"Yes, Comrade Commander." I agreed, turned to General Privalov, and presented my reasons to him: "Comrade General, although we have opened the passage to break out, the Germans are trying to re-encircle us. Not so long ago, they launched an attack on us. Look," I said, pointing to the mountains of corpses in the passage, "these soldiers died under German fire. And it was with the support of the 29th Tank Brigade that we were able to destroy the attacking enemy. Judging from what has just been observed, the enemy is deploying a new offensive. If the troops defending the high ground were withdrawn at this time, once the enemy attacked again, then they could easily occupy the high ground on both sides and re-block the passage that had been so hard to open. ……”

Hearing my words, Colonel Anchufeev helped me and said: "General Privalov, I think Major Oshanina has a point, the troops on the heights on both sides cannot retreat, but must also be strengthened to cover the retreat of the main forces of the army group. ”

Unexpectedly, General Privalov waved his hand, interrupted the colonel's words, and said stubbornly: "Okay, comrade colonel, you don't have to say it. Since Major Oshanina felt the need to hold on, let her troops stay and defend the heights. As for the reserves, we don't have enough people to cover the retreat of the wounded, so we don't need to send any more troops to her. You leave someone to clean up the body and clear the road as soon as possible. Let's go! With that, he left with a few commanders.

Harpy, who was left behind, looked at me with an embarrassed expression, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to say something but did not say it, so he turned and went after General Privalov who was walking in front of him.