Lieutenant Colonel Harpy did not answer my question directly, but sat down in the vacant seat next to him, picked up the assault rifle I was leaning against the table, and studied it with interest. After looking at it for a long time, I still muttered: "This gun is so special, how come I have never seen it before?" ”

I said in my heart that you haven't seen it, this is a piece of equipment that will only appear in a few years, but because of the appearance of a group of traversers, who happen to be technicians and professional workers in military factories, this AK47 assault rifle can have a chance to be launched in advance.

Pucciko took the rifle from Lieutenant Colonel Harpy's hand, looked at it, and said, "It's an interesting rifle." After that, he began to study it carefully.

Lieutenant Colonel Harpy watched me staring at the rifle in Pchuko's hand and quickly explained: "My commissar used to work as a technician in the arsenal in Leningrad, and as soon as he saw new weapons and equipment, he wanted to study them properly. Then he changed the subject and asked, "I heard Lieutenant Ugad say that in the afternoon battle you killed two German soldiers with this rifle. ”

Only then did I realize that the lieutenant who had fought alongside me and brought me here was called Ugad. "Yes, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." I replied lightly: "With this rifle, I have killed many fascist bandits." ”

Pitchko, who was next to him, unloaded the magazine, took out a bullet and looked at it, and said excitedly to Lieutenant Colonel Harpy: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, come and see, the bullet used in this gun is quite special, the caliber is the same as the Mosin Nagant rifle cartridge, which is 7.62 mm caliber, but the length is shorter. ”

"You are very careful, Comrade Commissar." I complimented me on the side, and then explained the new assault rifle to the two of them: "This is the latest assault rifle developed by the military factory, and it uses a short barrel of 7.62 milligross caliber bullets. The accuracy of hitting a 150-meter target is similar to that of a Mosin Nagant rifle, and when attacking targets at close range, it is much more effective than a submachine gun. ”

After Pucciko put the magazine back, he asked curiously, "Listen to you say that, this new weapon is really amazing." If the troops can be deployed as soon as possible, the combat effectiveness of the troops can be greatly enhanced. ”

Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on him: "This assault rifle has just been developed, and the relevant departments still need to conduct a series of tests to determine whether it can be installed in the troops." Moreover, the bullet production of this gun is not easy, so after the 120 rounds of ammunition that are distributed with the gun are finished, this gun is an ornament. ”

Before Pucciko could speak, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Lieutenant Ugard and a soldier came in with saucepots, teacups, saucers of fine sugar, plates with rusks, and grilled fish. Harpy folded the map on the table and set it aside, allowing the lieutenant to place the contents of the plate on the table in the same way.

Puccico put the gun aside with some regret and beckoned me to eat. Harpy picked up a slice of rusk, nibbled on a plate of grilled fish in front of me, and asked inarticulately, "Do you need tomato sauce?" ”

I waved my hand, picked up the fish and ate it. The advantage of being stationed on the ice transport line is that you can eat a variety of grilled fish on a regular basis.

There wasn't much to eat, and it didn't take too long to eat, and the three of us quickly swept the food off our plates. After Harpy asked the warriors to pack up their things, we moved on to the important business.

Lieutenant Colonel Harpy, who was well fed, said to me in a serious manner: "Comrade Oshanina, I received a call from the command General Shilov in the afternoon, who, while deploying the new night air defense program, at the same time gave an order for us to form a night air defense post. After receiving the order, I immediately transferred personnel from my unit to form an air defense post. At present, all the sentinels of our department have been arranged in place, and in order to prevent the occurrence of frostbite accidents, special tents have been distributed to each sentry post. ”

I didn't ask much about the arrangement of the air raid posts, because Lieutenant Colonel Harpy was not my subordinate and had no obligation to report to me in detail, but I only asked one question that I was interested in: "How do I inform the drivers who run the night transport lines?" ”

"That's not a problem." Harpy said with great confidence: "All drivers are notified when they enter the transport line through checkpoints: when all vehicles are driving at night, as soon as the driver hears the gunfire of the alarm, he immediately turns off his headlights and hears the car to the side of the road to conceal it." After the enemy aircraft has left and is safe to be ensured, it can be driven again. ”

After Harpy finished speaking, he looked at me, frowned and asked in a somewhat stern tone: "Comrade Oshanina, can I ask now, why did you order my soldiers to push a scrapped truck into an open area away from the side of the road?" Please don't tell me again that you have to be authorized to say it, and I'll know it now. ”

"Yes, Major Oshanina." The political commissar also chimed in, "Tell me, I'm also very curious. ”

Now that everyone knows about the new night air defense plan, I will no longer keep it secret, but I explained it to the two of them directly, and asked rhetorically: "If the air defense post can play a good early warning role in the night air raid, then what do you think the German planes that are in the air will do?" Do you immediately return home or continue to hover in the air in search of a target? ”

Pucciko said thoughtfully: "I guess the latter is more likely, the fascist bandits are not willing to risk so many planes in the middle of the night and return without any gain." Listening to the words of the political commissar, Lieutenant Colonel Harpy also nodded in agreement, indicating that he agreed with him.

"That's right!" Seeing that they could clearly understand this, the next words were easy to say, "In order to make the enemy's planes return quickly, we must prepare a few bombing targets for them." ……”

"Wait a minute," Harpy interrupted, scrambling to say, "I think I understand what you mean." When enemy planes attack at night, all the vehicles in the transport convoy turn off their lights and turn off to the side of the road to hide. At this time, the abandoned truck turned on its headlights and indicated false targets for enemy planes attacking at night, luring them to strafe and bomb themselves on the open ice. When the so-called target is destroyed, they can return home with peace of mind. Am I right? Comrade Oshanina. ”

Ginger is still old and spicy, who said that Lao Maozi is missing a string in his head, I just prompted a sentence, and he guessed all my intentions. I gave Lieutenant Colonel Harpy a thumbs up and praised him sincerely: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are so wonderful that you can guess the correct answer at once." ”

"Smack!" The commissar slapped the table, which startled me, and he excitedly said: "Genius! Talented!!! Comrade Major, what a genius you are! It was possible to come up with such a brilliant way to deal with the night air raids of enemy aircraft. He turned his face to Harpy and said, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you should report this method to the general immediately and promote it throughout the transportation line." ”

When the political commissar praised me, I couldn't help but feel a fever on my face, which was all my idea of plagiarizing the volunteers of later generations. However, the two didn't notice my anomaly, and instead Harpy added, "One truck is a little too little, why don't we find a few more scrapped trucks?" During the air raid, the headlights were turned on; It doesn't matter if you don't have lights, put two lanterns on the car, so that you can disguise it as a convoy, and the enemy planes can't be fooled. As he spoke, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, and then said, "It's still early, I'll arrange for someone to do this immediately." ”