Social Democrats, hearing this word, I can't help but laugh dumbly, whether it was von Murphy, who was the first to surrender to me. Tolman, the Grahms in front of him, these German officers who were captured, perhaps for fear of being shot, usually declared themselves Social Democrats without exception.

Although I can't figure out exactly what the Social Democrats do, I have the feeling that this party must be banned and banned in Germany at this moment, and how can these German soldiers join such an illegal organization? So what they said was all a lie, just to win the favor of the Soviet commander, so that they could escape the fate of being shot.

Seeing that Villore and I were talking and occasionally looking at him, Captain Grams, even if he did not know Russian, could guess that we were talking about him, and quickly touched the heels of his boots, raised his hand to salute me, and said a word in German. Mihayev, who was standing behind me, translated for me in time: "Hello, Your Excellency, Commander, I am Captain Grams, and I am glad to serve you!" ”

"Hello, Captain Grams." I took the initiative to reach out to him and said politely, "I'm glad you can see the shape clearly and make the right choice in time." ”

Hearing me say this, Grams's face showed a look of surprise, and he repeated what he had just said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I am willing to serve you, if there is anything that needs to be done by me, you just command, and I promise that it will be completed conscientiously." ”

"Comrade division commander, don't stand here, let's go to the station, shall we?" Oleg, who had not spoken, spoke, and then he scrambled through the passage that the crowd had awayed.

Abuganelovo Station is a large station for both passenger and freight transport. There are many outbuildings, too. The main building is outside a waiting hall that can accommodate thousands of passengers. On the platform inside the station is a train track next to each other, so you can see that it is to facilitate the formation of trains. On the other side of the platform, there are also quite a few freight warehouses. However, these buildings. In the early battle, it was almost destroyed by German shells or bombs.

Because it was daytime, the walls of the building were pierced, the stairs were exposed, and there were a few rooms that were left undamaged. They can all be seen clearly.

I saw two sentries standing at the door of a small room, and I concluded that Oleg and Vylol's headquarters were located there. Although Oleg was leading us to that place, I slowed down, turned my head and asked Velol, who was next to me: "Vylol, is that your command post?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." Verore said, turning his head and glancing behind him, he whispered, "It used to be the stationmaster's room, and after the station was lost, it was used by Captain Grams as his command post and bedroom, and after we reoccupied the station. Seeing that this was the most complete building, it was logical that this place became our headquarters. ”

"What about trucks. What about the trucks that brought you here? Although I saw a lot of bombed-out train cars in the station, I didn't see a single truck, so I couldn't help asking, "Where are you hiding all the cars?" ”

Velore pointed to the half-ruined waiting hall of the station next to him and said, "There is a square outside, and we parked all the trucks in the square in front of the station. ”

"So many trucks are parked there, they won't be discovered by German reconnaissance planes and attract bombing, right?" Hearing her say this, I couldn't help but ask worriedly.

After listening to my words, she actually laughed, and then explained to me: "Comrade Division, your worries are all unnecessary. You know, we are now disguised as Germans, and the flag of the German army is also flying above the station, you say, the planes of the Germans will bomb their own people? ”

Hearing her talk about the flag, I hurriedly looked around, but no, the few flags planted in the station were all German flags, and even a German flag was planted on the roof of our headquarters.

When we reached the door of the headquarters, the sentry standing at the door hurriedly raised his hand to salute us. When Oleg pushed open the door, he didn't walk in right away, but made a gesture to me by the door, which meant that he asked me to come in.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, in the middle of the room there is a table with a map, there are a few chairs around the table, in the corner by the door, there is a small table, on which is placed a walkie-talkie, the male operator is sitting next to it, when he sees a commander entering the door, he quickly stands up, and he has not even had time to take off the headset on his head, so he raises his hand and salutes us.

"Comrade newspaper operator, there is nothing for you to do here for the time being, let's go out first." As soon as Oleg saw that as soon as he entered the room, he gave the order directly to the operator, and it was obvious that this was his subordinate.

The operator didn't say a word, saluted again, turned away, and closed the door casually as he went out.

When there were only three of us left in the room, I first went to the table where the map was placed and sat down, then beckoned the two of them to sit down as well, and then asked officially: "Lieutenant Colonel Oleg, Commissar Vylol, I would like to ask you, before I came, who commanded the troops at the station?" ”

After listening to my words, the two of them glanced at each other, and then shook their heads together. Vellore replied: "Comrade division commander, the units of the two of us are not combined, but each is responsible for a region. Now my battalion is guarding the north side of the station, and Lieutenant Colonel Oleg's battalion is responsible for the defense of the south side. ”

After listening to Villore's words, I secretly felt glad in my heart, fortunately I came, otherwise the two troops in the same station would not be able to form a unified command, although there would not be a situation of death and no salvation in the battle, but if they fought separately, it would be easy to be broken by the Germans.

My eyes were on the ceiling, my fingers tapping lightly on the table, and I was thinking about how to combine the two forces. Seeing that I was thinking about something, Oleg and Vylor were afraid of interrupting my train of thought, so they sat next to me without saying a word, quietly watching me, waiting for me to give new instructions.

After a while, after the merger plan had taken shape in my head, I spoke: "Lieutenant Colonel Oleg, Commissar Vellol. ”

The two hurriedly got up from their seats and promised loudly, "Here!" ”

Seeing that both of them stood up, I was embarrassed to continue sitting. He stood up and announced to them, "I now formally inform you both." Merge the two battalions. The 5th Regiment of the Independent Division was formed by Lieutenant Colonel Oleg as the commander, and Comrade Vellor as the commissar. ”

When they heard me say this, their faces lit up with joy.

I then said, "How the troops below will be deployed and adjusted will be handled by the two of you through consultation, so I won't just ask." ”

As soon as my words fell, Oleg immediately expressed his determination to me: "Please rest assured, commander. Later, Commissar Vellore and I will adjust the defenses in the station and prepare to hold on for a long time. ”

When he finished, I added: "Remember, we have limited forces and lack heavy weapons, and if we have to fight hard with the Germans, let alone only two battalions, even if we fill in the entire independent division, we must learn to know more about how to fight skillfully." ”

"Comrade division commander. I don't know how to play such a clever battle? "Although Velore gave me the impression of being a very assertive woman, in front of a commander of my rank who was higher than her. But she asked for advice on everything.

When she asked this, she really stopped me, although I had a lot of ideas, but to explain it to her, I didn't know where to start. After a moment of silence, I said slowly: "Actually, if you are now disguised as Germans and hidden in the rear of the German army, you can give the Germans a surprise blow from time to time. ”

"Commander, can you be more detailed?" Oleg didn't know when he took out a pen and notebook from his briefcase, ready to record what I said.

Instead of answering Oleg's question, I changed the subject and asked curiously: "What did you do with the German soldiers who escorted the arms trains?" ”

Oleg, apparently accustomed to my leapfrog thinking, shrugged his shoulders and replied, "What else can be done?" When the train entered the station, we said that in order to ensure the safety of the train, all the German soldiers on the train were driven to the half-ruined waiting hall of the station, and then the soldiers killed them all with bayonets, shovels and axes. As for the corpses, we were all stuffed into the half-loaded train, and we also stuffed in the corpses of the Germans killed during the storming of the station. In this way, even if the Germans sent someone to inspect the blown up munitions train, they would not have found out that half of the ammunition on the train had been unloaded by us. ”

I turned my head to look at Velol, and asked with some suspicion: "Commissar Velol, how is that Captain Grams, is he really surrendering to our army?" ”

Velore nodded vigorously and said affirmatively: "Comrade Division Commander, please rest assured, according to my observation of him, I can confirm that he is indeed sincere in surrendering to us. After we occupied the station, the superior commander of the German army called many times, except for the first time when we put a pistol to his forehead and asked him to reply to his superiors according to our wishes, the rest of the time, he took the initiative to reply to his superiors according to our orders. Suffice it to say, even though we had occupied the station for more than ten hours, we were still being discovered by other German troops, and Captain Gramms was indispensable. ”

Since Villore said so, and since it was originally a time to employ people, I could only use people without suspicion. I nodded and said to Velol, "Since he is sincere, then give him a temporary position and try to make his own difference." At the same time, I would like to remind you both that the successful attack on the station this time was due to the disruption of the formation of the troops and the confusion of communication between the German troops in the early stage of the attack. So much so that the camp, which had been attacked by Lieutenant Colonel Oleg, could not alert the nearby friendly forces in time, so that we picked up a cheap and light occupation of the relaxed and lax Abuganerovo station. ”

After listening to me, Velore hurriedly stood up and expressed his determination to me: "Division commander, please rest assured, I will immediately adjust the defensive deployment and strengthen the defense force in important areas." Even if the Germans tried to take it, I would make them pay a terrible price. ”

"The commissar is right, as long as we stay here, we will definitely teach the Germans a lesson." Oleg also stood up and agreed, and then he asked tentatively, "Do we want to adjust the deployment and allow us to leave?" ”

I nodded, waved at the two of them, and said, "Go ahead, adjust the defense deployment of the station as much as possible, and at the same time prepare for battle." When I saw that the two of them were leaving, I said again: "When you go out, call my newspaper operator Shura in by the way." ”

Shortly after the two went out, Shura walked in with two fighters carrying a case containing a walkie-talkie. As soon as she entered. I hurriedly instructed her, "Shura." Set up the radio. I'm going to get in touch with the army group command. ”

I said that I wanted to contact the headquarters of the group army, but in fact I wanted to ask Chuikov when he would go to the 62nd Army to take up his post, and I would also make preparations in advance before the transfer of troops.

To my surprise, Chuikov was really in the headquarters, and I didn't bother to ask him if he had come to hand over the work or to discuss the defensive deployment with General Shumilov, so I said to him straight to the point: "Hello, Comrade Commander. I am now at the station of Abuganerovo, and in the early hours of this morning the night raiding force I sent, having eliminated the defenders of the enemy, managed to occupy the station. ”

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Chuikov was actually taken aback: "What, your division occupied the Abuganerovo station, when did this happen, why don't I know?" ”

To his questioning, I had to explain: "The Abuganelovo station was occupied in the early hours of this morning. After confirming the capture of the station, I once reported to Commander Shumilov and Chief of Staff Raskin. ”

Chuikov was silent for a moment. In a stiff tone, he asked: "So, what kind of order did Commander Shumilov give to you after learning of this result?" ”

I hurriedly replied: "The commander ordered me to hold the Abuganerovo station at any cost, and never allow the Germans to occupy this place lightly." ”

"Nonsense, it's nonsense!" Chuikov said angrily: "The sneak attack on the German army is all about fighting and leaving, it is better for you to stay and camp behind the Germans." If the Germans find out that the station is lost, their heavy forces will immediately press on the station, and will you be able to hold the station with your little force in the future? ”

Hearing Chuikov say this, I secretly said in my heart, of course I can't hold it, I was just going to fight a battle, and I ran away with a little cheapness, who knew that my superiors would suddenly give me a task to stick to the station, isn't this clearly asking my troops to die? But these complaints can only be made in the heart, and on the surface they have to slap their swollen faces and become fat, and say beautiful things with a hard head: "Please rest assured, Comrade Commander, as long as we have one person left, we will never hand over the station to the Germans." ”

"Come on, no matter how brave your soldiers are, they are only flesh and blood, under the bombardment of German artillery and aircraft, it will not be long before your troops will be wiped out by the powerful firepower of the German army." Chuikov said with some excitement: "No, I have to talk to Shumilov about this and ask him to take back this unrealistic order." ”

While I was waiting for Chuikov's call, I walked around the house with my hands behind my back, hesitating. For me, there are pros and cons to sticking to this station. If our occupation of the station is revealed, the Germans will swarm around us and wipe us out; If our camouflage is effective and not detected by the Germans, we will not only be able to attack the surrounding German camps, but we will also be able to disrupt the German transport by railroad.

However, Chuikov's call did not wait, but Zhukov's call came first. Hearing my voice, Zhukov couldn't wait to ask: "Lida, I heard that your troops captured the Abuganerovo station, is it true?" ”

"It's true." Hearing Zhukov ask this, I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart, after my heart was finished, Zhukov personally asked about this matter, and it seems that he can't withdraw if he wants to.

"I called you," Zhukov said, "to inform you that, after my discussions with the commanders of the Front Command, the Abuganelovo station must not be abandoned under any circumstances, do you understand?" Under no circumstances would the Abuganerovo station be allowed to be abandoned without a written order from me or from the command of the Front. After saying this, he was probably afraid that I would not grasp his intentions, and went out of his way to explain, "The Abuganerovo station is an important transport hub, not only by railway, but also by the state highway to Stalingrad. If you hold on here, you will be holding the 4th Hort Tank Army by the throat, and in order to ensure the security of the rear, they will have to divert some of their forces to protect the long lines of communication, so as to relieve the frontal defense pressure of the 64th and 57th Armies. I say that, do you understand? ”

"Yes, Comrade General, I understand exactly what you mean." Although I said this on my lips, I secretly cursed in my heart, it's over, I really left us here as cannon fodder. After thinking for a moment, I continued: "You also know that it is impossible to hold the Abuganerovo station with only two battalions in my hands now. In order to hold out at the station for a longer period of time, I urgently need reinforcements to reinforce them, and it is urgent. ”

Zhukov was silenced by my words, and after a long while, he said slowly: "Lida, I know that in the current situation, your troops need to be strengthened. But in the current situation, we are also very difficult, and it is almost impossible to send reinforcements to you. ”

After listening to Zhukov's words, my heart sank suddenly, isn't this typical want horses to run and horses not to eat grass. The two battalions are less than 800 people, and if they really fight hard with the German army, it is estimated that they will all be wiped out in half a day. I hesitated for a moment and said in a hesitant voice: "Comrade General, there is no doubt that each of our fighters will resolutely carry out the orders of their superiors and fight to the last moment of their lives. At the same time, I also consider it my duty to report to you that if the troops and the Germans fight hard, in the heavy artillery fire and bombardment of the German army, in less than half a day, our troops will be completely wiped out. Therefore......"

"Lida, this is the order that I discussed with the command of the Front," Zhukov interrupted me with some impatience, "and I personally believe that this order is correct. Hort's forces are closing in on Stalingrad from the south, and I think it will be worth the sacrifice as long as they can slow down the German offensive and buy us precious time for our defense. ”

Zhukov's words have already been said to this point, and I can no longer object, so I have to stubbornly agree: "Yes, Comrade General, in order to defend the Abuganerovo station, to counter the build-up of troops, my troops and I will fight to the last moment of our lives." I assure you that as long as there is one fighter alive at the station, the Germans will definitely not be allowed to occupy our positions. ”

After listening to my words of determination, Zhukov sighed helplessly and said cautiously: "In this way, you and your troops will hold out at the Abuganerovo station for five days. Today is August 30th, that is, before September 4th, to ensure that the Germans do not recapture the Abuganerovo station. Lida, is there a problem? ”

After hearing this, I thought to myself that if the camouflaged troops were not exposed, it would be no problem to hold out in the station for five days, so I replied unusually crisply: "Comrade General, I promise to complete the task you have assigned." ”

Zhukov then said: "What if, I say what if. In the event of the worst, I will allow you and the main commander to break through in disguise and report to me at the headquarters of the Front in Stalingrad. ”

Hearing Zhukov say this, I suddenly felt a warmth in my heart, it seems that in Zhukov's mind, my subordinate still has a certain weight, otherwise he would not have risked being punished by Stalin and gave me such an order privately. You must know that when Stalin issued Order No. 227, he specifically emphasized that all commanders who allowed troops to retreat without permission, whether they were division commanders, army commanders, army group commanders, or even commanders of higher ranks, should be brought to a military court for trial.

Thinking of this, I said to Zhukov: "Report to Comrade General, since the commander of the German garrison station surrendered to our army, so far the Germans have not found out that our army has captured the station. And the commanders and fighters in the station, now disguised as German troops, can play a role in deceiving the German army for a long time. I plan to use this station as a base and after dark, I will attack everywhere to disturb the German camp and make them sleep well, so as to interrupt the deployment of the German army. ”

After listening to this, Zhukov hummed and said: "This is a good idea. Anyway, I'll give you the autonomy, and it's your business how to fight, anyway, as long as you stick to these five days, I'll give you a great credit. (To be continued......)

PS: I sincerely thank the book friend Youyou scholar for voting for his support, and thank the book friend for the counterattack of the atomic nucleus.