From a distance, I saw a medal on the chest of Second Lieutenant Vasily, which was the "Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad" that had been officially awarded to every commander and fighter who had participated in the Battle of Stalingrad a few days ago. Seeing this medal, I couldn't help but complain in my heart, Vasily and his sniper detachment had made so many achievements, but I didn't even apply for a medal for them, if it were in another unit, maybe Vasily would have at least five or six medals on his chest. As soon as I returned to the command later, I asked Kirillov to submit Vasily's application for meritorious service, and with his achievements, even a few medals were quite normal.

When I was still three or four meters away from Vasily, a mutation suddenly occurred, and a dull explosion and the screams of people reached my ears, and at the same time, my body was hit by a sudden impact and fell backwards. When I fell to the ground, the snow was pouring down on me.

I saw Xiao Vaxia squatting beside me, shaking my body vigorously, and my mouth kept shouting something, but my ears kept buzzing, and I couldn't hear what he was shouting. I struggled to sit up, and as soon as I moved, I felt a sharp pain in my chest.

"What's going on? What happened? "I asked myself in my heart, did I get hit by the Germans? I tried to take a deep breath and noticed that in addition to the pins and needles in my heart, the internal organs of my whole body seemed to be shaken out of place.

When the familiar face of Pantai Leev appeared in front of me, I tried to squeeze a smile out of my face, just to ask what was going on. And he was dragged aside. Then Kirillov's anxious face appeared in front of me. He asked repeatedly: "Comrade Oshanina." How are you? ”

Although my tinnitus symptoms have lessened a lot, I didn't hear Kirillov clearly until he asked a second time. I smiled bitterly and replied with difficulty: "Comrade Political Commissar, this fall has choked me enough, as if all my internal organs have been displaced. Let me lie on the ground for a while, and I'll be fine in no time. ”

"No, resolutely not." Kirillov said nervously: "Such a cold weather. I can't let you lie here, you'll get frostbitten. Then he turned his head and yelled at the back, "Hey, what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you find a stretcher to carry the commander to the tent." ”

When Kirillov turned back to look down at me, I asked him in a low voice: "Comrade commissar, what happened just now?" ”

Kirillov turned his head again and said to me with a sad face: "It was Ensign Vasily who accidentally stepped on a mine laid by the Germans. ”

"What, Second Lieutenant Vasily stepped on a mine?!" When I heard the news, I was immediately shocked into a cold sweat, and I wanted to do it by holding the snow with both hands. But he was stopped by Kirillov, who anxiously said to me: "Comrade Oshanina. You've also been hit by a few pieces of shrapnel, so don't move until the medic arrives. ”

Shot, hearing Kirillov say this, I hurriedly reached out and touched the steel armor bulletproof vest on my chest, and sure enough, I touched a few metal pieces that pierced my hands, if I hadn't been wearing this kind of clothing at any time, maybe I would have just confessed here. Seeing that there was nothing serious about my injuries, I hurriedly asked Vasily's injuries: "Comrade Political Commissar, is Second Lieutenant Vasily seriously injured?" ”

Kirillov nodded at first, then shook his head, and finally said in embarrassment: "Oshanina, it's really hard to say. He appeared to have been injured in the eye by shrapnel, and some soldiers were bandaging his wounds. Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Even if his injuries heal, it is estimated that he will no longer be able to be a sniper, alas, what a pity!" ”

As I spoke, a stretcher was placed beside me, and seven or eight hands reached out and lifted me onto the stretcher. As soon as I was on the stretcher, someone lifted the stretcher. I looked up and saw that the two people on the side of my head were actually Shedelikov and the new division commissar Lieutenant Colonel Oberstan; Looking to the front again, I saw Lieutenant Colonel Oleg and Major Akhromeyev, chief of staff of the division, in front. Seeing these leaders at the division and regimental levels acting as my temporary stretchers, I couldn't help but feel warm in my heart.

When the stretcher was carried into the tent, I immediately smelled the choking smoke inside, and I didn't know how many cigarettes they had just smoked in it to reach such a choking process. When they carefully lowered the stretcher, they did not leave immediately, but all stood aside and patiently waited for the arrival of the military doctor.

When I saw the headquarters at all levels standing around, I couldn't help frowning, raised my hand and called Pantai Laiev in front of me and instructed him: "Comrade division commander, let everyone stop staying here and go about their own business." They can't help anything until the medic arrives. ”

Hearing my order, Pantai Laiev stood up without saying a word, waved at the other commanders in the tent, and everyone walked out of the tent after saluting me collectively.

When only Kirillov, Bandereev, and Akhromeyev were left in the tent, I called Akhromeyev over and said to him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately arrange for second lieutenant Vasily to be sent to the field hospital of the army group, he is our hero, and we must make sure that he recovers as much as possible." ”

After Akhromeyev had agreed to give the order to leave, I said to Kirillov: "Commissar, Second Lieutenant Vasily and his sniper detachment have not only played a great role in the defense of Stalingrad, but they have also made great contributions in the capture of the Norwegian town of Kinnotska last night, and we should immediately hand over their application for commendations to the army group headquarters." I'm staying here now and waiting for the military doctor to check your body, so you can go back to the military headquarters first. ”

When Pandereev saw Akhromeyev and Kirillov leave one after another, and only the two of us were left in the tent, he walked up to me, leaned down and complained to me: "Comrade army commander, you are now the commander of the first army, and you can no longer run to the front line at every turn, as you used to be a division commander." ”

"What's the matter with the mine that Second Lieutenant Vasily stepped on?" I never figured out what happened to Vasily stepping on a mine just now, so I took advantage of the fact that there were only two of us in the tent now. I'm going to ask you what happened. "If I'm not mistaken. Last night's attacking troops. It was from the outside that this road rushed into the town, where thousands of people had stepped on it, how could there be mines left? ”

"Comrade Commander, please listen to my explanation." Bandereev had an embarrassed expression on his face at this time, and he said to me with a red face: "The Germans probably planted a large number of mines on the road in order to block the H20 road. In last night's attack, a third of the casualties of our division were caused by stepping on mines. You know that, too. We have just captured the enemy's town and are still cleaning up the battlefield, so we have not had time to clear the mines planted by the enemy on the road. ”

"General Bandereev," I said sternly, after listening to his justification, "it is necessary to immediately send in engineering units to inspect the entire road, and to remove the mines laid by the enemy, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties." After saying this, it occurred to me that the tank brigade of Colonel Berey had rushed from the south, crushed by the tanks. The mines on the highway should have been almost cleared, and he added: "As for the south side of the road, leave it alone." Concentrate on clearing the mines on the north side of the road. ”

As soon as he had finished assigning the task to Pantai Leyev, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and two people came in from outside, in front of him was an ordinary soldier with a steel helmet, who came in and saluted Pantai Leev and reported loudly: "Comrade division commander, the military doctor has arrived. ”

Bandereev nodded, then took a step forward, grabbed the hand of the medic, pulled him to my stretcher, pointed at me and said: "Comrade medic, our commander was injured by a mine, you can quickly check her." ”

The military doctor nodded, put the small suitcase he was carrying on the table next to him, and then said to Pantai Leev: "Comrade division commander, please recuse yourself for the time being, I will give the army commander a comprehensive examination." ”

Hearing what the military doctor said, I was afraid that Bandereev would be embarrassed, so I quickly changed the topic: "By the way, General Bandereev, you can arrange for the sappers to clear the mines now, this matter cannot be delayed." ”

Pandereev raised his hand and saluted me, then turned and walked out of the tent.

The military doctor helped me to sit up first, and took off the steel armor body armor that had saved me again. He looked at the thin bullet armor with his hand and said with emotion: "Comrade commander, your luck is really good. You see, the position of these shrapnel inlays is the key to the human body, and if it were not for the protection of this layer of steel armor, you may have died honorably. ”

When I was only left **** lying on the stretcher, the military doctor carefully examined my whole body, and finally asked with concern: "Comrade commander, do you feel pain in other parts of your chest besides the pain in the position of a few bruises on your chest?" ”

"I'm a little dizzy." I didn't feel anything when I was lying on the stretcher, but when the doctor helped me sit up and take off my bullet armour, I felt dizzy and slightly nauseous. At this moment, when the doctor asked, I did not shy away from saying, "I don't know if I hit something hard when I fell to the ground." ”

After listening to my words, the military doctor picked up the steel helmet I had placed on the table and looked at it, and finally said approvingly: "Comrade commander, you guessed right, judging from the dents left on your steel helmet, you hit your head heavily on the hard object on the ground when you were knocked down by the air wave of the explosion. At this point, he was silent for a moment, and then continued, "In my experience, you should have hit a rock. You feel dizzy, possibly because of a concussion caused by a violent collision. I'll prescribe some medicine for you, and you'll be back to normal after a few days of rest. ”

"Thank you, comrade medic." When I saw the medic take the medicine out of his small suitcase, I sat up on my own and began to put on the uniform I had thrown aside. Although there is a stove in this tent, it still freezes me enough to choke on me who is only wearing **, and if I don't put on my clothes, I may freeze and catch a cold.

When I was getting dressed, I suddenly thought of Second Lieutenant Vasily, who was wounded in the eye, and I couldn't help but ask the military doctor: "Comrade military doctor, how is the second lieutenant Vasily who stepped on a mine?" ”

"Second Lieutenant Vasily?" The military doctor was stopped by my sudden question, and after a while, he suddenly said: "Oh, Comrade Commander, you are talking about the sniper." He shook his head and said in a regretful tone: "It looks bad, even if the eyes are not blind, after recovery, the eyesight will be affected by Yanzhòng." It seems that he will never have the opportunity to be a sniper again in his life. ”

When I walked out of the tent with the help of the military doctor, I was greeted by Captain Yushchenko, who was waiting outside. After raising his hand and saluting, he took the initiative to review it with me: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, it's all my fault. If I had been by your side, this would not have happened. ”

I don't doubt at all what Yushchenko said. According to his habit, every time he protected me, there were fighters of the guard company in front of and behind me, on the right and left. In the kind of situation that has just exploded in the mine, I believe that there will be fighters who will use their bodies to block the shrapnel flying towards me. I just smiled at his self-blame, stepped forward and gently patted him on the shoulder, comforting him and saying, "Comrade Captain, this time it was purely an accident, you don't have any responsibility, you don't have to blame yourself." ”

"Comrade Commander, do you still want to go into town?" After listening to my words, Yushchenko did not have any expression of surprise on his face, but asked nervously: "You must know that the situation in the town is very complicated, although our troops have occupied the town for a long time, no one can guarantee that there are no remnants of Germans hiding in some corner. If they shoot coldly,......"

I knew that Yushchenko was frightened by the situation just now, and at such a time, I would not be stubborn and ask to go to the town to inspect again, so I pretended to raise my hand and looked at my watch, and then I got down the donkey and said: "Okay, Comrade Captain, it's not too early anyway, let's go back to the army headquarters first." ”

Captain Yushchenko, relieved to hear that I had agreed to return to the command, turned and waved to a jeep parked not far away, which sped over and came to a steady stop in front of us. Yushchenko stepped forward, opened the back door, and politely said to me: "Comrade commander, please get in the car." ”

When I returned to the corps headquarters, as soon as I entered the door, the chief of staff, Vitkov, pounced on me, grabbed my arm, and asked with concern: "Comrade corps commander, I heard a report from Major General Bandeleyev that you stepped on a mine outside the town, are you okay now?" So saying, he looked me up and down to see if I was missing arms or legs.

"Don't be so nervous, Comrade Chief of Staff." His reaction amused me, I patted his arm and said lightly: "I'm fine, after being examined by my comrade military doctor, there was only a slight concussion." "I took the medicine out of my pocket and showed it to him," and gave me a lot of medicine. As long as you insist on taking the medicine for two days, you will be able to return to normal. (To be continued......)

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