After Akhromeyev left, I continued to stand by the wall, staring intently at the map on the wall. I was thinking hard in my head: the city of Stalingrad has become a pot of porridge, but the Mamayev Gang in the north of the city is calm, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Germans?

After all, Kirillov was not a military commander, and military affairs were not his strong point, so after saying hello to me, he went out to find Oberstein to find out about the political and ideological work in the division.

Bandereev walked up to my side, was silent for a moment, and then suddenly spoke: "Comrade division commander, I have a very bold guess, could the reason why the enemy is on the defensive at Mamayev Post is because of their lack of troops? ”

I was suddenly dumbfounded by Bantaireev's question, and I didn't know how to answer. Because his problem was so unexpected to me, I thought that the enemy was really gathering strength, and that he was trying to take advantage of our unpreparedness to attack and seize the Mamayev Gang which we were holding in one fell swoop. Now I hear Bandereev speculate that the enemy will not attack, probably because of the lack of troops, and if he is not my deputy, maybe he will be scolded by me because of this earth-shattering speculation.

I wanted to ask him: "Do you know that in front of us, there are three German infantry divisions, and one of them is the 44th infantry division?" But considering that Bandereev is a commander with more than 20 years of military experience, there must be some truth in his analysis. Therefore, I tried to calm myself down, and patiently asked him humbly: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, you said that the enemy in front of my division is under-strengthened. Is there any basis for this? ”

"According to, there must be, Comrade Division Commander." Bandereev replied confidently: "That night, the troops of the 2nd Regiment had just made an attack, but they only rushed to the front of the sharp knife company and came into contact with the enemy, and only fired a few shots, and the enemy, who had been attacking the Soviet Avenue with great momentum. There has been no movement to this day. There are also four regiments of German forward positions in front, which I have carefully observed in the past few days. Except for the daily patrols, there is hardly a single figure in the trenches. ”

"Comrade Deputy Division Commander, is this what you deduced based on this?" Hearing him say this, I also thought in my heart that he said that this possibility might be zài. So the tone was much softened, "But it's not enough to speculate, we have to find out the preparation and distribution of the German troops around us, so that we can formulate a targeted battle plan." ”

While I was talking to Bandereev, Akhromeyev came to us and respectfully reported: "Comrade division commander, I have already arranged the reconnaissance unit for the evening, and I will come out as soon as it gets dark." ”

Hearing Akhromeyev mention the reconnaissance troops, I couldn't help but ask one more question: "Comrade Chief of Staff." How many reconnaissance teams have you sent, and which directions are they responsible for? ”

Akhromeyev, not knowing why I was asking, replied confusedly: "I sent only a reconnaissance detachment of five commanders and fighters. Their main task was to reconnoiter the strength of the German forward positions. ”

"It's not enough, a reconnaissance detachment is far from enough." I can't judge at the moment whether the speculation made by Bandereev is accurate, so I can only pin my hope of finding out the enemy's situation on the reconnaissance detachment that will be sent after dark, "plus two more detachments, one to the northwest to find out the defense of the German 44th Division; One went down the Volga in a small boat. Go around to the rear of the German 113th Division to reconnoitre. ”

Akhromeyev knew my character well and listened to my orders. He just nodded and replied briefly: "Okay, comrade division commander, I'll arrange it." ”

Pantai Leev's eyes looked at Akhromeyev, who walked to Lazumeyeva's side and communicated with the outside world through the guò intercom, and said with some concern: "Comrade division commander, after the first regiment was transferred, although we still have three regiments, the total strength is less than 3,000 people. This amount of troops, if used for defense, may be enough; If you want to take any initiative against the enemy, you will not have enough troops. ”

After listening to the words of the deputy division commander, I could not help but let out a long sigh, and said in my heart that not only was there a shortage of troops, but as transportation on the Volga became more and more difficult, even the ammunition of the troops became so tight that we had to give orders to the troops to let the commanders and fighters conserve ammunition in battle.

The number of troops is insufficient, and we must find a way to replenish it. However, Chuikov's current strength is also seriously insufficient, otherwise they would not have drained my full regiment. As for the reinforcements from the east bank of the Volga, they will definitely give priority to replenishing the forward troops of Yan zhòng, who have suffered losses in battle, and will definitely not consider us. The only way we can replenish our troops now is to learn to gather the scattered stragglers and the inhabitants who have not had time to evacuate, and train them into a combat-ready force in the shortest possible time.

When I had made up my mind and was about to discuss with Pantai Laiev, Akhromeyev came up to me from the walkie-talkie, reported to me about the reconnaissance unit, and handed me a telegram.

I took the telegram and glanced at it, only to see that it read: "The division transferred to the headquarters of the 62nd Army, Comrade Manuilsky from Moscow, will cross the Volga River in the early morning of the 17th and go to Stalingrad to inspect the city. Khrushchev, a member of the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front. ”

Manuilsky, after reading the unfamiliar name, I threw the telegram on the table, intending to tell Bantaiyev and Akhromeyev about my plan to replenish the troops. Unexpectedly, after hearing the name Manuilsky, Bandereev actually rushed to the table with an arrow, grabbed the telegram, read it quickly, and then said in surprise: "God, Comrade Manuilsky will come to the city of Stalingrad tomorrow, this is not possible, Comrade Division Commander, you should immediately call the headquarters of the Front Army and ask them to prevent Manuilsky from coming to the city." ”

Seeing Bandereev's expression, I said with some displeasure: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, what kind of person is this Comrade Manuilsky, who is worthy of your nervousness?" ”

"Who is talking about Comrade Manuilsky?" Suddenly, Kirillov's voice came from behind us. Seeing his appearance, Pantai Leev hurriedly walked over to him with a telegram, and when he handed it to him, he said nervously: "Comrade Political Commissar, take a look at the telegram you have just received. ”

Kirillov, after reading the telegram quickly, also fussed: "Oh my God, I read that right, it's really Manuilsky coming!" "I just wanted to ask who this Manuyrsky is, why they are so out of shape when they hear his name, Kirillov has already preemptively asked Bantaireev: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, how long has this telegram been received?" ”

Akhromeyev replied from the sidelines: "The report to Comrade Commissar was received just two minutes ago. ”

Kirillov seemed to be in a daze, and he didn't even bother to say a word to me, so he gave an order directly to Akhromeyev: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the Front in the name of the division, and tell Comrade Khrushchev, the military commissar, that Manuyrsky is a well-known figure in the party, and we cannot let him risk his life." During the heavy shelling and bombardment of the enemy, it was possible that he would die while crossing the Volga. Even if he lives, we can't let him go to the army. ”

Seeing that Akhromeyev promised to go to Razumeyeva to report, I hurriedly raised my hand to stop him and asked strangely: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please wait a moment." Then I turned my gaze to Kirillov and Bantaireev, and hurriedly asked: "Political commissar, deputy division commander, which of you can tell me where this Comrade Manuilsky is sacred, and it deserves such a fuss." No matter how important his identity is, can he still be recounted as the commander of the front army? If General Yeremenko could come to the city, why couldn't he come to the city? ”

As soon as my words came out, the expressions on the faces of Kirillov and Bandereev immediately changed, and they stared at me with strange eyes, as if they were looking at a monster from an alien planet. After a long time, Kirillov asked tentatively: "Comrade Oshanina, don't you know who Manuyrsky is?" ”

When I heard Kirillov's question, I thought to myself that I had never heard of this name, so how did I know who he was? So he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head and replied: "Yes, Comrade Political Commissar, I don't know this Comrade Manuyrsky from Moscow, do you know his identity, he is a very important person?" ”

After listening to my answer, Kirillov raised his hand and slapped himself on the forehead, and said to himself: "My God, I really didn't expect that there would be people who didn't know who Comrade Manuyrsky was. ”

And Akhromeyev, who was standing next to me, explained to me with a bitter face: "Comrade division commander, Manuilsky is the representative of our party to the Executive Committee of the Comintern, and he is also an important leader. ”

Akhromeyev's explanation made me blush with shame, because I had been on this plane for more than a year, and I didn't even know such an important leader. Thinking of this, I hurriedly raised my hand at Akhromeyev and instructed him: "Since this is the case, Comrade Chief of Staff, don't delay, immediately send out the telegram to the headquarters of the Front." ”

After Akhromeyev left, in order to hide my embarrassment, I hurriedly said to Kirillov and Pandereev: "Comrade political commissar and deputy division commander, please come here, and we will study how to replenish the troops. (To be continued)

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