Luckily, Levia was quick-eyed and grabbed my uninjured right hand, otherwise I would have had to fall to the ground.

With his help, I stood firm on the steps, and then stumbled and asked, "Comrade General, what did you just say?" Oshanin ...... Is it true that Oshanin is still alive? With that, I stared at him intently, desperate to hear a negative answer from him.

He saw this nervousness as a sign of surprise, nodded very affirmatively, and said, "That's right, I personally took people to the scene, and found Captain Oshanin among the seven or eight survivors. ”

"You can't recognize the wrong person, do you?" I asked with the most cowardly luck.

"No, Captain Oshanin is my subordinate, and I will never admit to mistake." Hearing his words, my heart suddenly cooled half, I thought that I had gotten rid of Oshanin, but I didn't expect him to be rescued again. He already knew where I was, and if he wanted to be with me after he recovered from his injury, his superiors would definitely agree to his request, and then my end would come.

"Lida, General Leviakin, what are you two talking about standing there? Hurry up, we have something to discuss. The voice of the commissar came from the room, and by this time he had already finished making the call.

In the grenade explosion just now, a one-foot-deep pit was blown out of the house, and several dirt steps near the edge of the pit were also damaged. So when going down the steps, I repeatedly reminded General Leviakin, who was walking in front of me, to be careful not to fall.

Seeing the two of us cautiously walking to the table, the political commissar beckoned us to sit down and asked curiously, "What are you two talking about mysteriously running outside?" ”

I was a little nervous about the commissar's question, and I didn't know how to answer him, so I turned my attention to Leviakin. The commissar saw that I was trying to make Leviagin speak, so he turned his head and asked the general: "Tell me, comrade general!" What is it that requires you and Comrade Division Commander to run to the door and whisper? "The commissar's tone was very harsh, and it felt as if he was suspecting us of some kind of conspiracy behind his back.

Leviagin looked at me, but still opened his mouth to ask me: "Comrade division commander, can you say it?" ”

"Say it, say it!" I knew in my heart that if I didn't make things clear to the commissar, it might cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Leviakin cleared his throat and began to report to the commissar: "Division Commander Panfilov called me last night...... Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the body of the former division commander lying on the marching bed and was covered, and continued: "...... He asked me to come to the division headquarters and said that there was something important. On the way here, I met the fighters of the regiment who came to report that the convoy of our regiment transporting the wounded back to the rear had been attacked by small German units, and the two sides were fighting. After receiving this information, I immediately sent a company of fighters to the site of the exchange of fire to provide support. ……”

"But you didn't mention it when you came last night?" The commissar interrupted him and asked curiously.

"As you know, almost every day there are German motorized detachments, bypassing the heavily defended front, interspersing through the gaps in our defenses, and carrying out sabotage attacks in the rear. In the case of such small-scale attacks, units usually draw nearby units to meet them. Since these small detachments that came to the rear of our army would be wiped out in a short time, we generally did not report to our superiors. ”

"Oh, I see." The political commissar nodded, looking suddenly enlightened. However, I began to wonder whether this method of operation of the German army could be regarded as a kind of rudimentary form of special operations, and their role was similar to that of the guerrillas active in the occupied areas.

"Since I have to rush to the division headquarters, I just give the task to the commanders below. After arriving at the division headquarters, I learned that the reason for recruiting me was that General Panfilov wanted Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina to be my deputy......" Speaking of this, he turned his head again to look at the body of the division commander, "This reminds me that among the wounded evacuated, there was Captain Oshanin, Oshanina's husband, and I wanted to go to the scene to see if I could find Oshanin's body, so that I could give an explanation to Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Before leaving, I told the teacher about my idea. When I heard this, I immediately remembered that he had whispered to Panfilov for a while, and it turned out that it was for this.

"How did you go to the site?" The commissar asked with concern.

"By the time I arrived at the scene, the fighting was over, and all the fascist bandits who attacked the convoy had been eliminated by the fighters. All but one of the trucks transporting the wounded was blown up, and the fighters who escorted them were all killed in the battle. We found six surviving wounded in the intact truck, one of whom was Captain Oshanin. ……”

"What? Oshanin is still alive?! The commissar stood up and asked in surprise.

"Yes, not only is he alive, but several of the wounded who were in the same car with him are still alive."

"Great! Lida, that's exciting news. I smiled bitterly at the political commissar who was dancing with my eyebrows, and said in my heart that Oshanin is not dead, what are you happy about?

"Where is Captain Oshanin now?" The commissar then asked.

"I sent a fighter who could drive them to the rear hospital, and I also equipped them with five soldiers to escort them for safety. Then I took my troops to the division headquarters, intending to take Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina to my regiment. Unexpectedly, when there were still a mile or two away from the division headquarters, I heard the sound of gunfire here. I guessed that the division headquarters was attacked, and hurriedly rushed over with the fighters to support. ……”

"Can I come in?" Someone at the door asked loudly.

"Come in!" The commissar replied equally loudly.

Coming in was a second lieutenant with a face full of gunpowder, who saluted us and reported loudly: "Report to Comrade Political Commissar, the results of the battle have been counted, eleven enemy men have been destroyed, eight submachine guns and one machine gun have been captured. ”

"Wait a minute," I said, holding up the submachine gun that had just rested on the table, "and there's another one here." Then he couldn't wait to ask: "What about the casualties of our army?" ”

The second lieutenant bowed his head and remained silent.

"Why don't you speak, dumb?" Leviakin said unceremoniously.

"Our army lost sixty-three casualties and twenty-seven wounded." Although the second lieutenant's voice was low, we could all hear it clearly, and we could not imagine that our casualties would be so large.

I stood up and asked: "Of the captured weapons, how many bullets are left of the Germans?" ”

The second lieutenant looked up at me, then replied loudly, "No, not a single bullet is gone." ”

Listening to his words, my heart was half cold, I didn't expect to pay such a big price to destroy a dozen German soldiers, and it was only when they ran out of ammunition and food that they barely won; If the Germans had enough ammunition, they might have successfully broken through and returned triumphantly.

What a fluke our victory just now!