"Now that you understand it, let's do it!" With that, I lowered my head again and went to draw my battle diagram. I now have a lot of Chinese characters for "ren" written in the horizontal line, representing the infantry who are armed; Several crosses are drawn in the middle of the horizontal line and square, indicating that this is the artillery of the anti-tank regiment; And in the circle is drawn a small tank, which represents the tank unit in ambush set up by General Katukov.

I drew a straight line with a pencil from the horizontal line to the top, and when I was halfway to the top of the square, I turned around and drew it again, indicating that the tanting tank was turning around and retreating after attracting the enemy's attention. I was about to draw the route of the tank attack in the circle, when I saw someone standing at the table, and when I looked up, it turned out that the three Katukovs had not left.

I asked curiously, "Why are you standing here instead of carrying out orders?" ”

The three of them did not answer, but their facial expressions were unusually strange, especially Major Yevremenko, whose eyes were looking at the roof, and his body was trembling desperately. I asked again, but the three of them still didn't answer. I suddenly understood that they were laughing at me, but I was too embarrassed to laugh, so I had to hold back my laughter to have such a strange expression.

As soon as I thought about it, I couldn't help but blush with shame, waved my hand at them in dissatisfaction, and said, "Don't stand here in a daze, hurry up and go on a mission!" ”

Seeing that I was a little angry, Major Yevremenko saluted me and turned to leave quickly, and Colonel Chistyakov hurried to a telephone, shook the handle vigorously a few times, then picked up the microphone and said loudly: "I am the regimental commander, Colonel Chistyakov, give me a battalion." ”

Katukov came over and patted me lightly on the shoulder, and said in a friendly manner: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, this battle plan you have drawn up is really wonderful, and we will definitely succeed." When he turned to leave, he quietly said while no one was paying attention: "It's time to practice your homework on the picture, your current level is about the same as that of kindergarten children." ”

Hearing Katukov say this, I felt more and more uncomfortable on my face, but someone else's rank was higher than mine, and I couldn't get angry at him, so I quickly slipped to the observation hole, picked up a pair of binoculars, and pretended to observe the terrain outside.

Ten minutes later, the feint of the tanks began. Five T-34s, which were responsible for luring the enemy, quickly crossed the trenches of our troops and rushed towards the forest where the German tanks were hidden. Our tanks are getting closer and closer to the forest, but the other side still has no reaction at all, and I can't help but be a little worried: will the enemy have already moved to other areas?

But I soon found out that my fears were unnecessary, and when the tank was still two or three hundred meters from the woods, suddenly a shell flew out of it and landed next to the leading T-34 and exploded. With this explosion, our tanks stopped and fired back at the same place.

Perhaps Katukov had told them in advance about the plan to lure the enemy, and after firing a few shots, they began to reverse and retreat. Since they were shooting while retreating, the German tanks in the woods thought that they had encountered a few Soviet tanks that had gone the wrong way, so they followed without suspicion.

At first one, then another, and soon a dozen tanks rushed out of the forest. For every tank that came out, Chistyakov next to him counted one, and soon he told me loudly: "That's right, seventeen tanks." ”

Our tanks retreated quickly, and although they kept firing in the process of retreating, they barely hit the shells, and the shells fell around the German tanks and exploded. The unscathed German tanks pressed over with great momentum, and the roar of the motors was clearly heard at the command.

At this moment, a T-34 running behind the bottom was hit by a shell, and the body covered in billowing smoke immediately stopped in place. The German tanks were getting closer and closer, firing frequently at the remaining four tanks.

I quickly looked at the tank with my binoculars, hoping to see the tank crew escaping through the smoke. My intentions were discovered by Chistyakov, who sighed and said: "Comrade division commander, I understand what you mean, don't look at it, the fighters in the tank must have died." "Although I also felt that the soldiers on this tank had no hope of survival, I continued to observe desperately with my binoculars.

After looking at the minute again, and still not seeing anyone escape, I couldn't help but sigh and look away. At this moment, Chistyakov, who was next to him, suddenly shouted: "Comrade division commander, look, someone escaped from the tank." ”

I quickly looked away, and sure enough, I saw a soldier in a black tank suit, staggering out of the smoke. I hurriedly put down my binoculars and shouted loudly, "Run, run!" "I forgot that I was a few hundred meters away from him, and no matter how loud it was, he couldn't hear it.

The soldier had barely gone far to our position when he was hit by a machine gun from the German tank behind him, he jerked backwards, staggered forward a few steps, and then fell to the ground.