Originally, I had planned to have all the fighters participate in the search operation, but Captain Starcha objected, reasoning that it was not clear whether the Ludao Army would attack again, and that enough soldiers must be left to serve as guards, and that we could only send a maximum of twenty fighters to assist us in the search.

His proposal reminded me that if all the men were sent out and the Germans attacked again, the scattered troops would not be able to form an effective fighting force, and they would be wiped out by the enemy one by one. After a little thought, I readily agreed.

It was getting late, the moon was shining, and the search team entering the forest still needed lighting tools, except for a few teams equipped with flashlights, the rest were lit with torches. Looking at the bright lights of the stars swaying in the forest, I felt that I couldn't stand stupidly and wait for news, and that I should do something, so I turned back and asked the commanders behind me: "I want to go and see the commander's car, who will show me the way?" ”

"Leda, I'll take you!" Hearing me say this, Malinin, who was standing behind me, immediately volunteered to jump out.

The wrecked vehicle was not far away, and it took two or three minutes to walk. Although I had been mentally prepared, I still felt a chill rise from the soles of my feet to the top of my head when I saw the car that had been riddled with machine-gun bullets.

A few steps from the car, I smelled a strong and pungent smell of blood, and I quickly covered my nose and walked over. When I walked to the car, someone next to me held up a flashlight to illuminate me, and I looked through the window of the car with only the frame left, and I couldn't help but feel a wave of nausea, if I hadn't covered my mouth in time and diverted my gaze, it was very likely that I would have run to the side and vomit in a very unbearable way. The bodies of the driver and the guards left in the car had long since been smashed into a sieve by powerful machine-gun bullets, and Rokossovsky would not have escaped the same fate if he had remained in the car.

"Oh my God," someone behind him whispered, "What kind of machine gun is this?" Actually smashed all the people in the car to pieces. ”

"This is the MG42 general-purpose machine gun of the newly equipped units of the German army," it was Ramis who answered his question, "and the other day, one of the units of our division suffered a loss of this weapon, and as a result, suffered heavy casualties. ”

Just now, the man continued: "The lethality of this machine gun is really terrifying, and it seems that it is not easy for General Rokossovsky to get out safely. Maybe we should look around and see if there's his body......"

Hearing this, my temples jumped suddenly, and I felt the green tendons on my head tense, I had been in the 16th Army for so long, and it was all up to Rokossovsky to cover me, if he hung up, I would be a fart in the future! I jerked my head back and yelled at the mouthy guy, "Shut up! ”

Seeing that I was angry, the people around me were also angry at this guy, and when the man saw that he was angry, he quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to speak again.

I took a deep breath and asked Malinin: "Comrade Colonel, is there any news from our search unit coming back?" ”

"No," Malinin raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "the search has only been going on for ten minutes. As he spoke, he gently patted me on the shoulder and comforted me, saying, "Don't worry, Leda! Commander Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he will definitely be safe. ”

I tried to squeeze a smile out of my face, "Let's hope so, let's wait here patiently for the search force's intelligence." Although the words were said lightly, no one knew that the palms of my clenched hands were already full of sweat.

"If you come to the Buddha Guanyin Bodhisattva, all the gods in the sky, please! Rokossovsky must not have an accident! "I kept praying in my heart, and only I knew how fast my heart was beating at the moment......

"Smack!" Just as we were waiting anxiously, a crisp gunshot rang out in the distance.

"Where to shoot? Come with me and see. Captain Starca, who was the first to react, pulled the bolt of his gun and rushed towards the place where the gun was fired.

"We'll go too." Seeing that the captain and his men had rushed out, I turned to Malinen and Ramis and drew my pistol and rushed forward.

As he was about to run to the edge of the forest, he suddenly heard a cheer from ahead, and someone was shouting something, but it was too far away to be heard. Although I didn't hear what the fighters were shouting, my mood was inexplicably relaxed, and my running pace couldn't help but slow down, and after running a few more steps, I simply stopped and walked slowly.

Seeing that I suddenly slowed down, Ma Lining also stopped, and asked me curiously, "Why don't you run?" I gestured to Ramis and motioned for him to go to the front to see what was going on, and then I replied to the chief of staff: "I hear the soldiers cheering, I guess there is some good news." ”

"Really?" The Chief of Staff asked rhetorically with interest, and although he was still worried about the safety of the commander, I could tell that he was also relieved.

We talked as we walked, slowly walking towards the edge of the forest. As we walked, a large group of people poured out from the other side of the forest and greeted us. One of them quickly ran out of the crowd and shouted excitedly as he ran: "Comrade Division Commander, Comrade Division Commander |!" We've found the commander! ”

Although the light of the torches was dazzling, and I couldn't see the faces of the people running over, as soon as I heard the sound, I knew that it was Ramis, the commander of the guard company, who was running towards us.

Ramis ran up to us, and although he was a little out of breath, he reported to us with an excited expression: "Report to the division commander, chief of staff, our search force has found the commander in the forest!" ”

"How is the condition of Comrade Commander, are you injured?" "Where is Comrade Commander now?" Malinen and I asked in unison. The only difference is that I care about the current situation of Rokossovsky, he cares about where are the people?

"Comrade Commander injured his foot in the forest, and two soldiers are helping him to this way." Ramis answered both of our questions succinctly and to the point.

"That's Colonel Malinin over there, right?" As the crowd got closer, Rokossovsky's familiar voice rang out.

"Yes, Comrade Commander, I'm Malinin. You're all right! Malinin agreed and stepped forward.

"And me, Comrade General, I'm Leda." Seeing that Ma Lining had passed, I quickly identified myself and walked a few steps quickly to meet him.

After walking a few steps, I saw the crowd of Rokossovsky. At this moment, he looked extremely embarrassed, he didn't know where his hat had been lost, the military coat on his body was also black everywhere, and he didn't know whether it was stained with blood or mud, and two soldiers were supporting him left and right.