Pixin strode angrily towards the door with the lieutenant colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, apparently trying to use his official authority to deter the soldiers gathered outside the door.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped on the steps and walked out of the door, he jumped back with another arrow step, and scolded at the lieutenant who came to report the news: "Lieutenant, are you blind? I said that there were more than 100 people outside, but I saw more than 300 people. ”

The lieutenant, who was scolded by him so bloody, scratched the back of his head and said aggrievedly: "But, comrade member of the municipal party committee, before I came in just now, I personally counted it, and there are really only more than 100 people?" ”

After scolding the lieutenant, Pixin came to me again and said angrily: "Colonel Oshanina, why are there hundreds of your subordinates gathered outside, what do they want to do, do they want to rebel? I warn you, don't think that you can escape court-martialing by having so many fighters surround your headquarters. ”

Hearing him say this, I felt extremely aggrieved in my heart, and said that since you entered the door, I have been controlled by the soldiers you brought, and I have never left the command headquarters, nor have I called anyone, what happened outside, how do I know?

While I was thinking about how to defend myself, Kirillov, who was standing next to me, spoke: "Comrade Comrade of the Municipal Party Committee, I think you may have misunderstood Colonel Oshanina. ”

"What, I could have misunderstood her, why?" Pixin asked, puzzled.

Kirillov pointed to the door and said: "Comrade member of the city party committee, I would like to remind you that from the moment we entered this command, Colonel Oshanina was in our field of vision, and she never left this room. There were no phone calls either. So you say that she sent people to fence off the headquarters. is completely wrong. ”

After listening to Kirillov's words, Pixin nodded with shame on his face and muttered: "Comrade Kirillov, you have a point, it may be that I am too nervous, so I will say the wrong thing." Then, he straightened up and ordered the indifferent lieutenant colonel: "Comrade lieutenant colonel, what are you still doing in a daze." Not yet, people took Colonel Oshanina away. ”

The lieutenant colonel agreed, and gestured to the second lieutenant standing behind me. As his order was given, the second lieutenant hurriedly asked two soldiers to grab my arms and pull me up, and I was about to walk out.

"Please wait a minute," I tried to break free from the hands of the two fighters behind me, but I didn't expect their hands to be so strong that they didn't break free, but I still tried to shout out what I wanted to shout: "I'm going to call General Chuikov and report your behavior to him." ”

I didn't expect Pixin to listen to it. He could only snort softly and said coldly: "Our investigation team." It was under the command of Comrade Chuyanov. That is, any decision we make, apart from Comrade Chuyanov, not to mention General Chuikov, even if General Shumilov of the 64th Army comes forward, has no right to interfere. After speaking, he decisively waved his hand to the lieutenant colonel and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "Take it away!" ”

I was carried by two fighters to the door, and when I looked out, I was immediately startled, but I did not expect that on the hillside outside, there were so many people, hundreds of soldiers with weapons in their hands, surrounding the headquarters, staring at several soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs standing guard at the door.

The soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were on guard outside the gate were obviously frightened by such a scene, and it is estimated that the situation in which ordinary commanders and fighters dared to confront them was probably never seen in their memory. Although they also had weapons in their hands, they trembled with fear in the face of the muzzle of the gun pointed at them, which was a hundred times more than their own. Finally, he saw his superiors coming out of the headquarters, so he looked at Pixin and their lieutenant colonel at the door in a panic, hoping to get the next order from their mouths.

As we appeared, there was a commotion in the otherwise silent crowd, and then several commanders desperately squeezed out of the crowd and came to me, raising their hands to salute me. When I looked closely, it was Basmanov, Godunov, and Razumeeva, all of whom had guns in their hands, and it seemed that if Pixin had forced me to take me away, they would not hesitate to use force to save me.

Although the lieutenant colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw several hundred people outside the house, he still had the courage to shout at everyone: "What are you all doing standing here, don't you see us on a mission?" I order you to return to your respective camps immediately and not to interfere with the handling of our investigation team. ”

As soon as his words fell, the crowd shouted loudly: "Brothers, these people want to arrest our division commander, and we must not let them leave." ”

His words immediately resonated with the soldiers present, and everyone immediately shouted in unison.

"Yes, if the division commander is captured, then we will be sent back to the Gulag."

"Kill them all and snatch the division commander back."

As all the fighters were desperately squeezing forward, the few fighters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were squeezing in front of me had to retreat again and again.

"Quiet, everybody, be quiet!" At the height of the confusion, Godunov raised his weapon and shouted, "Let me negotiate with them." ”

After the fighters present calmed down, Godunov took two steps forward, pushed away the two fighters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were blocking him, came to Pixin, and asked in a loud voice: "This leading comrade, I would like to ask, what mistake did our division commander make, and why did you arrest her?" ”

It had reached this point, but Pixin still couldn't let go of his stand as a member of the municipal party committee, he snorted heavily, and said disdainfully: "Lieutenant, your rank is too low to be qualified to intervene in this matter." Then he turned his head and shouted at the lieutenant colonel: "Lieutenant colonel, what are you still doing in a daze, take people away immediately!" ”

The lieutenant colonel was just about to order his subordinates to forcibly take me away, but he didn't expect that Godunov had already raised the gun in his hand, pointed the muzzle of the black hole hole at the lieutenant colonel, and said sharply: "Comrade lieutenant colonel, I don't care who you are, but if you want to forcibly take away the division commander, I will shoot at you without hesitation." ”

Godunov's move was immediately echoed by everyone, and everyone raised their guns in their hands. Pointed the muzzle of the black hole at the members of the investigation team around me. Even the commander of the guard battalion, Basmanov, with one arm still hanging from his chest. The unwounded one also had a pistol in his hand.

Pixin was furious. raised his voice and roared: "What do you want to do, you just pointed the gun at the superior leader, do you want to rebel?" Although his voice was quite high, I could hear his voice change tone because of the trembling.

Kirillov hurriedly came out to play the round, he raised his hands high, waved desperately, and said loudly: "Comrades, please listen to me. I am the director of the political department of the 64th Army, and I am here today to learn about the battle that took place yesterday near the Huirang station. Now Colonel Oshanina has not been arrested by us, but is just going back to assist us in investigating some things, so please don't worry. With that, he turned around and whispered to the two fighters who were holding me, "Don't let go yet." ”

Although Kirillov reassured everyone, the guns in the hands of the fighters were still not put down, and they still pointed motionless at the members of the investigation team.

Pixin walked up to my side and said in a low voice, "Colonel Oshanina, I warn you. If your subordinates dare to continue to prevent us from leaving, the consequences will be very severe. ”

He had just finished speaking. Kirillov also walked up to me and said softly: "Colonel Oshanina, I know what happened yesterday, the responsibility is not on you, you just need to go back with us and explain things clearly, and it will be fine." If your warriors forcibly stop us from leaving, it will be a bad end if we lose our temper. ”

After listening to Kirillov's words, the battle between heaven and man suddenly began in my mind, should I order the soldiers to lay down their arms, and then obediently follow them back to Stalingrad and wait for their disposal of me? Or do you simply let my subordinates kill all the people in the investigation team, and then I pull the troops away and go to the Germans?

These are extraordinary times, and if I had followed them back to Stalingrad and been brought before a military tribunal, I am afraid that I would not have escaped death according to the principle of severity and speed. The matter of taking out the investigation team and pulling the troops to vote for the Germans would have been impossible if they had been placed in other units, but in this contingent of prisoners from the Gulag concentration camp, it was entirely possible to become a reality. You must know that they have endured all kinds of hardships in the concentration camps, and now in my division, they are not only free from the status of prisoners, but also will not be used as cannon fodder by their superiors at will. But the qiē they currently have will end with me being court-martialed, and when the new commander arrives, it will be the beginning of their tragic fate. Because of this, it was not difficult for me to pull away this army, which was not loyal to Stalin.

I turned my head to look at Pixin, who looked nervous, and then at Kirillov, who was standing in front of me, with a smile on his face. Because of this, I have never been able to make up my mind. I scanned the crowd again, and in addition to such lieutenant-level officers as Godunov, Basmanov, and Razumayeva, Sederikov, Kosga, Gaidar, and even Pugachev, who had just been promoted to the acting commander of the 2nd Regiment, could not even see a shadow. Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a chill.

Seeing that I did not speak, Pixin, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, ordered the lieutenant colonel again: "Comrade lieutenant colonel, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and immediately let your soldiers take Colonel Oshanina away." ”

Hearing his order, the lieutenant colonel said in embarrassment: "Comrade member of the municipal party committee, don't you see that there are hundreds of guns pointed at us?" If we had the slightest excesses, I think they wouldn't hesitate to open fire and beat us all into a sieve. ”

Pixin reluctantly asked, "Do they dare to do this?" ”

The lieutenant colonel replied with a wry smile, "I think they will." Comrade members of the municipal party committee, for the sake of the safety of all of us, I advise you not to take this risk. ”

After listening to this, Pixin obediently closed his mouth and did not squeak.

At this moment of tension, high dust rose on the dirt road in the distance, and several armored vehicles could be vaguely seen coming towards us. Seeing the armored car that suddenly appeared, I looked at Pixin in front of me, and I couldn't help but feel itchy with hatred, and my heart said that in order to catch me, you even sent armored vehicles.

Although the fighters outside the headquarters were numerous, they were all lightly armed, and if the armored vehicles rushed at them and opened fire, they would not have the power to fight back. It seems that it is necessary to strike first, so that the fighters can arrest all the members of the investigation team, and then negotiate with the armored forces that have arrived.

Just as I was about to give the order, Pixin had already forced the order: "Lieutenant Colonel, bring Oshanina back." With that, he first turned around and ran back to the headquarters. The lieutenant colonel did not dare to slack off on his orders, and before I could give the order, he ordered his men to carry me back to the house again.

After I sat down in the prisoner's place again, Pixin, who was so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven and the second Buddha was born, slapped the table and shouted: "Colonel Oshanina, you are so bold that you actually mobilized troops to besiege the investigation team sent by your superiors, and even used valuable armor to deal with us. What are you trying to do, do you really want to rebel, to kill us all, and then take your troops to defect to the Germans? ”

I snorted softly at his words, and said in my heart that I really had the idea of leading my troops to surrender to the Germans, and if it weren't for Kirillov's face, you would have been shot and killed by my men.

I was just about to open my mouth to taunt him, but suddenly I remembered what he said, and thought to myself, could it be that the armored unit that appeared just now was not with them all the way, so who was it?

The mystery was soon revealed.

First, ten soldiers wearing steel helmets and carrying submachine guns rushed in, drove the commanders and fighters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs aside, collected their weapons, and drove them to the wall to take care of them. Since the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs behind me were guarded, I was able to stand up calmly. Looking at the soldiers who rushed into the headquarters, I was surprised to see that they were all fresh faces, not soldiers from the guard battalion, and I did not see Basmanov and them coming in together, and it was clear that the order to let these soldiers rush in was not given by them.

Then, a general wearing a large-brimmed hat strode into the headquarters. Seeing this man, Kirillov quickly stood up from the table and greeted him. When the two shook hands: "General Krylov, why are you here?" ”

When I heard Kirillov's name, I immediately recognized the person as General Krylov, the chief of staff of the 62nd Army, who had been about a meter from the headquarters of the Front.

Before General Krylov could speak, Pixin had already become furious: "Chief of Staff Krylov, who gave you the right to surrender the weapons of the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" ”

"It's my order!" A familiar voice sounded in the doorway.

When I heard this voice, I almost burst into tears, and I knew in my heart that as long as this person appeared, then I would be able to get through it.

Seeing the appearance of this person, except for the ordinary soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, several heads of the investigation team were taken aback, and Pixin, who was originally arrogant, quickly restrained the angry expression on his face, trotted all the way to this person, bowed, stretched out his hands, and said respectfully: "Hello, dear Georgi. Konstantinovich, welcome to Stalingrad? ”

The man snorted, walked up to me with heavy steps behind his back, put a hand on my shoulder, and asked with concern, "Leda, are you alright?" ”

Although I tried my best to control my feelings, when I heard his words, I couldn't help but tears slid down my cheeks, and at the same time replied loudly: "Report to Comrade Zhukov, I'm fine, thank you for your concern!" ”

Zhukov nodded, walked to the place where Pixin was sitting just now and sat down, looked at Pixin with his eyes, and asked coldly: "Comrade Pixin, can you tell me what happened here?" (To be continued......)

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