Godunov's mention was exactly what I wanted, so I was not polite and sat directly in the sidecar of the first motorcycle. Originally, Mihayev also wanted to sit in the same motorcycle as me, but seeing that I had already sat in the sidecar first, he was wearing the uniform of a German captain, obviously he could not sit behind the driver, so he could only sit in the sidecar of the second motorcycle aggrievedly.

Both Godunov and Basmanov drive motorcycles, and both of them are vying to be my driver, and they quarrel for a while. Seeing that the two were fighting, in the end it was I who came out to play a round and let Basmanov be the driver, while Godunov, I asked him to go back and continue to command the rearguard. On the remaining three motorcycles, all my soldiers from the guard squad and the commander of the communications company, Second Lieutenant Lazumayeva, sat on them.

Since the troops behind were under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Oleg and Lieutenant Godunov, and I was in a hurry to return to meet Sederikov and them, I urged Basmanov to speed up.

Basmanov agreed, his eyes fixed on the road ahead, and with the accelerator at home, the motorcycle drove fast on the rough dirt road.

After driving at high speed on the road for more than half an hour with the headlights on, I looked up and asked Basmanov in a loud voice: "Comrade Ensign, how far is it from our destination?" ”

Perhaps it was the wind that affected Basmanov's hearing, and it was not until I shouted a second time that he slowed down, turned his head to look at me and asked loudly: "Comrade division commander, what are you talking about, I can't hear clearly?" ”

I repeated the question aloud again, and he looked left and right for a moment, and replied in a loud voice: "Report to the divisional commander." I guess we're probably halfway there. A few more minutes. You should be able to reach your destination. ”

When I opened my mouth to speak, Basmanov's body suddenly leaned back, and then the motorcycle suddenly lost control, and the body swayed violently towards the side of the road. The sudden change made several motorcycles behind them not come to their senses, and they all crashed into one after another. The impact was so strong that it made my stomach and intestines feel as if they had been displaced.

Just when everyone was in a mess, Basmanov jumped out of the car with his shoulders on his feet and yelled at everyone: "There are snipers." Lie down, lie down, lie down! As soon as he finished shouting, he fell directly to the ground.

Hearing that there was a sniper, I couldn't help but find out why the motorcycle was out of control just now, but jumped out of the sidecar, lay on the ground, raised his gun and looked around, trying to figure out where the enemy was?

After all the fighters of the guard squad left the motorcycles and lay down on the spot, I crawled to Basmanov's side. He asked in a low voice, "Comrade Ensign, what the hell is going on?" Where are the enemy snipers? ”

Basmanov lay on his side on the ground. Covering his left shoulder with his right hand, he replied with a painful expression: "Commander, I was shot." The bullet came from a small hill in front of the left side of the road and hit me right in the shoulder. ”

Hearing his report, I hurriedly raised my binoculars and looked there. The small hill on the left was about forty meters from where we were, and it was so quiet that not a single figure could be seen, and it was not known where the sniper who wounded Basmanov was hiding at the moment.

I was thinking about whether to send two soldiers over to search now, or wait for the large army behind me to arrive and send more people to search the mountain, when a soldier from the guard squad bent over and ran to my side and squatted down, and asked urgently: "Division commander, what should we do?" His loud voice rang out far and far in the silent wilderness.

I glared at him dissatisfied, and ordered directly: "Get down quickly, you are standing so high, do you want the Germans on the hillside to use you as a target?" ”

The warrior put the gun in his hand to the ground, and then threw his whole body forward, lying on the spot.

I raised my binoculars again and looked up the hillside, only to see a few figures slowly standing up at the top of the hill, bending over and slowly walking towards us. When I saw a few people suddenly appear, my heart beat faster, and I thought to myself, "Could it be that the Germans can't bear it and want to rush down and destroy us?"

Thinking of this, I didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned my head and shouted loudly at the back: "Guard squad, listen to my command: load the bullet and prepare for battle." ”

As soon as my words fell, a familiar shout came from the other side: "Commander, is it you?" ”

As soon as the other party spoke, I heard that it was the third regiment commander Kosjia who was shouting, and he immediately put his mind at ease, quickly got up from the ground, turned his head and said to the guard squad soldiers behind him: "Don't shoot, it's your own people." Then he shouted at the other side: "Lieutenant Colonel Kosgaard, come here!" ”

Hearing my shout, Lieutenant Colonel Kosgaard and several soldiers ran towards me at a speed of 100 meters, stopped in front of me, raised his hand and saluted, and reported loudly: "Report to the division commander, the commander of the third regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kosgaard, led the troops to meet you and listen to your orders. ”

After I raised my hand and returned the salute, I asked dissatisfiedly: "Lieutenant Colonel Kosgaard, since you are here to meet us, why are you shooting indiscriminately, you see, you have wounded all the second lieutenants of the fourth regiment Basmanov." ”

Kosgaard glanced at Ensign Basmanov, who was holding his hand over his left shoulder, and then turned his gaze back to me, but he didn't explain why, just straightened his back.

Seeing his indifferent expression, I was a little nameless and angry, and couldn't help but ask him loudly: "Comrade Kosgaard, why didn't you answer me?" You must know that the shot you just fired injured Ensign Basmanov, not to mention, and caused a series of collisions between five motorcycles. If it hadn't been for Ensign Basmanov, who happened to be talking to me and slowed down, I guess someone would have died in this crash. ”

After I finished scolding, Kosgaard finally spoke: "Division commander, I deeply regret the accidental injury of Second Lieutenant Basmanov, and I am willing to apologize to him on behalf of the soldier who fired the shot. After speaking, he walked up to Basmanov and raised his hand to salute him, and said politely: "Comrade Ensign, I apologize to you for the recklessness of my subordinates, and I hope you will forgive him!" ”

I snorted heavily next to me and said angrily, "Shoot and hurt someone, and apologize and it's over?" ”

Kosgaard walked back in front of me, looked at me and said boldly, "Report to the division commander, I think the soldier who fired the gun did the right thing. If it were me. I'm going to shoot too. The only difference, though. If I had fired, Second Lieutenant Basmanov would not have stood here at this moment to accept my apology. ”

"What, what did you say?" Hearing his almost arrogant answer, I was almost furious, "You tell me clearly, why would you shoot if it were you?" ”

"Because of your uniforms, and the motorcycles you're on." Kosgaard replied without humility or arrogance: "If it were me on duty. When I saw a group of people driving German motorcycles and wearing German uniforms appear in my field of vision, I would not hesitate to shoot. ”

German uniforms, when I heard Kosgaard say this, I thought to myself, not only are we wearing German uniforms now, but even the vehicles we are riding in have just been captured from the Germans. The soldier standing guard was not changed by Sun Wukong, he didn't have any sharp eyes, and he couldn't be identified at night. The people in German uniforms who appeared in their field of vision were Germans or their own people. So his decisive move to shoot was correct.

I couldn't help but blush, but luckily at night, people couldn't see the color of my face. Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, Basmanov opened his mouth to relieve me: "Comrade division commander, the soldier who fired the gun did the right thing, he must have taken us for a German patrol, so he shot decisively." But luckily he didn't have the right marksmanship, otherwise I wouldn't have died. At the end, he actually laughed dryly twice.

I looked at the hillside at night, quickly diverted the subject, and asked Kosgaard: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, how many people have you brought to meet us this time?" ”

Kosgaard reported: "Report to the division commander, I took two companies, which are now hidden on the hillside. Luckily there are few of you, so it's just the sentry who fired. If there were more people, the fighters in ambush on the hillside might have been shot. ”

Kosgaard's words made me break out in a cold sweat, but fortunately I was lazy and didn't want to walk, so I obeyed Lieutenant Godunov's advice and took a motorbike to hurry, if hundreds of people were wearing German uniforms and swaggering on the road, Kosgaard, who was ambushed on the side of the road, would definitely order the troops to open fire, and then my own people would fight, it would be a big joke.

In order to prevent a similar misunderstanding, I hurriedly ordered Kosgaard to send a platoon of fighters, followed by Second Lieutenant Basmanov, who had bandaged his wounds, to meet the large force behind. After watching Basmanov leave with the fighters, I moved forward to the new position under the escort of Koska's troops.

Although the five motorcycles were still usable, I didn't dare to sit on them again, for fear of misunderstanding with friendly forces again. But it didn't take long for Kosgaard to take us to where the truck was hidden, and take me in a truck to the new headquarters.

When the truck arrived at its destination, Shederikov and Gaidar, who had already received the news, greeted me and welcomed me to the new headquarters. The new headquarters was a half-buried hideout on the north side of a hillside, and two gas lamps hung in the room, illuminating the room.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw the military flag leaning against the corner of the wall, and I couldn't help but smile on my face, and I forgot all the unhappiness I had encountered on the road just now.

As soon as Lazumeeva set up the radio, she received a strange call, and after answering, she raised her head and looked at me, and said nervously: "Report to the division commander, it is General Zhukov who wants to talk to you!" ”

"General Zhukov?!" As much as I've always wanted to be close to him, the level difference between us is so great that we can actually spend a handful of hours with him. I took the headphones and microphone and said politely, "Hello, Comrade General." ”

"Leda, good job!" Zhukov affectionately called me by my nickname, and after complimenting me without hesitation, he continued: "Comrade Vasilevsky has told me about your deeds, and he said that you not only attacked at night, inflicted heavy losses on the 29th German motorized rifle division, annihilated nearly 10,000 enemies, but also captured the division's commander, Major General Lezer. It is really remarkable that one division of the force of one division resisted the repeated attacks of three divisions of the 4th Tank Army of the Hott tank during the day today. ”

I didn't care about Zhukov's name when he said the commander of the German 4th Tank Army, and he said "Hoth" instead of "Goth" as Chuikov said, and hurriedly said: "Comrade General, although our division has won several victories, it has suffered heavy casualties, and one of the regiments has almost been wiped out. If we want to maintain the combat effectiveness of our division, it is very necessary to replenish sufficient combat backbones and a large number of soldiers. ”

Zhukov listened to my request. There was a moment of silence. Only then did he ask word by word: "I listened to Comrade Vasilevsky. Do you want Comrade Meretskov's ensign training team, is there such a thing? ”

"Yes, Comrade General." It's not a secret, so I didn't hide it.

Zhukov smiled and said: "Lida, you can really open your mouth, you must know the second lieutenant training team, but Comrade Meretskov's heart, you really want to leave this unit." He didn't know how to feel uncomfortable. ”

"No, Comrade General. When I was still in the Volkhov Front, I was displeased with the Supreme Commander-in-Chief because he proposed to the Supreme Command that the next target of the German attack would be Stalingrad instead of Moscow or the Caucasus, and he was so angry that he ordered me to guard the Mamayev Hill after the battle of the Bulge. At that time, Senior General Meretskov offered to hand over his second lieutenant training team to my command. ”

"I'll ask you. If you do take over this force, what are you going to do with them? ”

"My independent division has not long been formed. The troops lacked sufficient combat cadres and grassroots commanders. When the second lieutenant training team comes, I will assign these officers to each company to serve as chief and deputy positions, so that each of them will have the opportunity to command a platoon or even a company. ”

Zhukov did not continue to say about the second lieutenant training team, but promptly changed the subject: "Lida, I tell you a military secret: the troops transferred from the reserves of the other fronts and the Supreme High Command are now being assembled north-west of Stalingrad. Among them, the 16th Tank Army was in the area of Veliko Ivanovka, the 4th Tank Army was in the area of Zavareyu, the 64th Infantry Division was in the area of Lesser Ivanovka, and units of the 173rd, 231st, 116th, 24th and 308th Infantry Divisions also got off at the Alcheda station.

After the arrival of these units, the commander of the Front was to organize an assault group in the Samofavika area. In this assault group were the 27th and 35th Guards Infantry Divisions, the 298th Infantry Division, the 28th Tank Army and the 196th Tank Brigade. They were commanded by the deputy commander of the Stalingrad Front, Major General Kovadako, and were tasked with carrying out a counterattack to the southwest with the cooperation of the 62nd Army and destroying the 14th Tank Army, which had broken through to the Volga. ……”

Zhukov's words frightened me, you must know that this is an important military secret, how can he casually tell me a small division commander, if the army's counterattack fails because of leaks, I will have the greatest suspicion. Thinking of this, I hurriedly and impatiently interrupted Chuikov's later words, and cautiously reminded him: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I'm not your deputy now, and I'm not qualified to know about this kind of top-secret information." ”

"In a few days, I will go to Stalingrad to replace Comrade Vasilevsky, and maybe then I will let you be my deputy, so you have to know some information in advance." Then he added: "In response to this plan being implemented by the Stalingrad Front, Comrade Stalin, who had been following the situation in Stalingrad for a momentary time, in his instructions to the representative of the Supreme High Command, Colonel-General Vasilevsky, the commander of the Front, Colonel-General Yeremenko, and the representative of the State Defense Committee, Malenkov:

First, our army must completely seal the enemy's breakthrough to Stalingrad and encircle and annihilate the enemy. You have the power to do this, and you can and should do it.

Second, we must hold our forward positions west and south of Stalingrad, and refrain from sending troops from there to encircle and annihilate the invading enemy. Our troops are to continue to counterattack the enemy by Russian aviation and drive them out of the outer corridors of Stalingrad. ”

From Zhukov's later words, I vaguely heard that in the coming days, the west and south of Stalingrad would be the focus of the German offensive, that is, in the coming days, my independent division would have a lot of bad battles to fight. However, on the phone, he did not mention anything about replenishing the troops of our division.

Seeing that his words were almost finished, I couldn't help but ask him again: "Comrade General, I once again make a plea with you to replenish my division with the necessary troops. You must know that the soldiers in the independent division have not undergone any military training and have no combat experience, and they are all prisoners of the Gulag concentration camp before they become soldiers. ”

"What, prisoner?" Zhukov was taken aback by my words, and he retorted with some disbelief: "Lida, you said that the independent division was made up of a group of prisoners from the Gulag concentration camp?" ”

"Yes, Comrade General."

"They didn't have any military training before they became fighters. There is also no combat experience. I'm not wrong. ”

"Exactly. Comrade General. "Hearing Zhukov ask this, a glimmer of hope came to my heart, and with what I knew about him, if he didn't want to help me, he wouldn't have asked so carefully.

As I expected, after Zhukov had asked these words, he was silent again for a while before he continued: "The matter of replenishing the troops." I try to figure it out. Even if there is no regular army, it can be supplemented with several militia battalions in Stalingrad, which are composed of backbones drawn from major factories and have a certain combat effectiveness. Also, Comrade Meretskov, I will also help you get in touch, and it depends on your luck whether he will hand over this second lieutenant training team to you. ”

When I heard that Zhukov was willing to take the initiative to help me contact General Meretskov, I was overjoyed and thanked him again and again. He said earnestly, "Leda." The next battle will be even tougher. I hope you are mentally prepared. ”

"Rest assured, Comrade General," I said confidently, "where the independent division is held, the fascist bandits will never be allowed to move forward." ”

"It's a beautiful word, whether you can do it or not, I have to look at your watch. Wishing you good health and goodbye! Zhukov didn't wait for me to speak, and then cut off contact.

When Sedjerikov, Kosga, and Gaidar saw that the call between me and Zhukov was over, they hurriedly gathered around and asked curiously: "Comrade division commander, what did General Zhukov say to you?" ”

I originally wanted to tell them about the content of the call, but I didn't expect to find out that the content of the conversation with Zhukov was actually a military secret, and I really couldn't tell them, so I opened my mouth and closed my mouth.

Seeing that I refused to speak, Shedelikov immediately understood that they were not qualified to know the contents of the phone, so he changed the topic in time and asked curiously: "Division commander, has Lieutenant Colonel Oleg's 2nd Regiment been withdrawn?" ”

Hearing his question, I sighed and replied: "Alas, don't mention it, the second regiment was withdrawn, but the troops suffered heavy casualties, and there were less than three hundred people left, including dozens of lightly wounded. ”

"What, less than three hundred?" As soon as I finished speaking, Sederikov said in surprise: "Before the battle, the second regiment was fully manned, and there were 2,000 men. In other words, they suffered ninety percent casualties in the battle, and they don't know how this Oleg commanded. ”

When I heard Sederikov say this, I suddenly heard that during the retreat, the communication of the Oleg regiment was blocked, and I could not help but be angry because of his arrogant proposition, and as a result, more than 200 soldiers died in vain under the enemy's artillery fire on the way back from the sneak attack on the enemy camp.

Thinking of this, I slapped the table hard and said angrily: "Yes, this Oleg is really too much." When I gave the order to retreat, he dared to deliberately cut off contact with the division headquarters and take hundreds of soldiers to attack the German transport convoy without authorization. Although the sneak attack was successful, on the way back, they were discovered by the Germans, who mobilized dozens of cannons to bombard their convoy, and as a result, more than 200 brave soldiers were killed in the enemy's artillery fire. ”

Gerda waited for me to finish speaking, and asked cautiously: "Division commander, what are you going to do with Lieutenant Colonel Oleg?" ”

I snorted and said angrily: "What else can I do, of course, I demote him and let him go to the company to be the company commander." "Speaking of which, I thought that after Oleg was removed, there would be no commander of the Second Regiment, and the top priority was to find a suitable candidate to replace him, so I turned my head and asked Sederikov: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, after Oleg was demoted, the post of commander of the Second Regiment became vacant, do you have a suitable candidate to take over this position?" ”

Sederikov shook his head and said regretfully: "I'm sorry, comrade division commander, I don't have a suitable candidate in my mind. ”

I turned my head to look at Gaidar, but he shook his head and said that there was no suitable candidate.

The third regiment commander, Kosgaard, who had not spoken, saw that the other two regiment commanders were shaking their heads, so he stepped forward and came to me, and said cautiously: "Report to the division commander, I have a suitable candidate, I don't know if it is in line with your wishes." (To be continued......)

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