When the German troops who were robbing supplies appeared, the political commissar Xia Ping left the command post with Morozov and went outside to organize troops to counter the onslaught of the German army. Shortly after the battle, he reappeared at the command post, turned sideways, and shouted outside the door: "Come in, just put your things on the table." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, three warriors walked in through the door, and they took turns to put the cloth bags they were holding on the table, and then took a step back and stood in a neat row by the wall, waiting for Xia Ping's next instructions.

Xia Ping saw that the bags in the warrior's hands were all on the table, so he waved his hand and signaled that they could leave. The three fighters raised their hands and saluted us, then turned and walked out of the headquarters.

Gaidar stared at the cloth bag on the table and asked Xia Ping strangely: "I said, Comrade Political Commissar, what is this?" ”

Xia Ping walked to the table, took out the contents of the bag one after another, and saw the bread, canned meat, coffee and other things he placed on the table in turn, I already knew what Xia Ping had brought, so I took Gaidar's words and replied: "This is the individual ration of the German army. Then I asked Xia Ping, "Comrade Political Commissar, this is the captured German airdrop material, right?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." After Xia Ping gave me an affirmative answer, he said with a ∝ envy: "I didn't expect that the Germans' individual rations are so much richer than ours. ”

"Not to mention, the Germans' individual rations are quite abundant," Gaidar added on the side: "The last time the 1st and 3rd regiments followed the division commander north, they captured a lot of supplies from the Germans in Kongjiaoyicheng. Later, after you withdrew, Lieutenant Colonel Kosgaard, the commander of the Third Regiment, sent a lot of people to us. ”

"Except for food and medicine. There is also a large amount of weapons and ammunition. Xia Ping said proudly: "That's it." The German armament of our regiment does not have to worry about running out of ammunition. ”

"Comrade Division Commander." Gaidar asked respectfully: "We have captured a lot of materials this time, do we need to send some of them to the division?" ”

I waved my hand and declined his kindness: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, your regiment has not been replenished for so long, and the ammunition and supplies are strictly insufficient, so all the materials captured today should be left." It's not too late for you to capture the German supplies another day and deliver them to us. ”

After leaving the regimental command post of the 4th regiment, I was under the protection of Yushchenko. Following the newly dug communication trenches, they went to the positions of a regiment, intending to see how Shedelikov and their seizures were.

As soon as we entered the position of the first regiment, we heard the screech of shells piercing the air, and then two shells landed in front of us on the left and exploded, splashing dirt all over us. Seeing this, Yushchenko pulled my sleeve and reminded me loudly: "Comrade division commander, the enemy has begun shelling here, and we need to immediately find a place to hide. ”

"Okay. Comrade Captain. "Victory in the Battle of Stalingrad is in sight, and I don't want to die in German shelling at such a time. Therefore, he shouted at Yushchenko: "Go find an anti-artillery hole and hide it." ”

Yushchenko straightened up, looked left and right, and then shouted: "Follow me!" Then he ran out of the trench and bent over into the distance. I and a few other soldiers followed his example, and under the rumbling of cannons, we climbed out of the waist-high trench and ran after him.

Not long after running away, Yushchenko stopped, turned around and waved at me desperately, and shouted anxiously: "Comrade division commander, come here, there is an anti-artillery bunker here." "When I ran into him, he grabbed me by the arm and dragged me into this artillery bunker.

There were already five or six fighters in the bunker, and as soon as we came in, the small bunker was so crowded that we could barely turn around as we stood still. Yushchenko stood beside me and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, comrade division commander, for the sake of safety, I can only grieve you to stay here for a while." ”

"Comrade Captain, don't mind." After smiling at him, I turned to an elderly soldier next to me and asked, "Hey, comrade soldier, how long does the German shelling usually last?" ”

The soldier glanced at my badge and replied loudly: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I beg your pardon. It's too crowded for my hand to raise to salute you. ”

"It's okay, comrade warrior." In this particular environment, I didn't care if he saluted me or not, but asked, "You haven't answered my question yet." ”

The soldier frowned and thought for a moment and said: "The Germans have to shell our positions every day, but every day the number of shellings is getting less and less. I estimate that it will not be long before the enemy shelling stops. ”

"Comrade General, you said we wouldn't be killed by German shells, right?" Before I could thank the warrior, a trembling voice suddenly came from behind me. I struggled to turn my head back to see a young recruit dressed in civilian attire, holding a gun in his hand, but his body was trembling, as if frightened by the shelling outside.

"What a coward," said the soldier who had just answered my question, glaring at the recruit and in a dissatisfied tone, "Comrade General, you don't know that this coward has not ceased to tremble since the German shelling of our area. ”

"No, comrade soldiers, we will not be killed by German shells." I comforted the recruit. "The Germans are already surrounded by us, and the shelling they are carrying out now is nothing more than a death throes." My words obviously didn't help, and the young recruit squeezed past me without saying a word, and walked briskly out of the artillery bunker. "Hey, you coward, where are you going?" The old soldier shouted at the recruit's back: "You don't want to run to the Germans, do you?" ”

Yushchenko heard the scolding of the fighters and whispered to me: "Comrade division commander, I'll go out and have a look." Seeing that I nodded in agreement, he walked out with another guard soldier.

Not long after they walked out, I heard a crisp gunshot outside.

Yushchenko, who had just been chased out, soon returned, and he walked back dejectedly. There's an extra gun in hand. It was the gun that the recruit was holding just now. With a bitter face, he reported to me: "Comrade division commander, that recruit committed suicide. ”

"Coward, what a coward." The old soldier saw the rifle in Yushchenko's hand and, after scolding indignantly, reported to me: "Comrade General, this recruit was newly recruited yesterday and has no combat experience, he may have been frightened by enemy fire. ”

I nodded. Then he turned back and instructed Yushchenko: "Comrade Captain, leave two fighters behind later, and find a place to bury the body of the recruit." ”

After the shelling, I took Yushchenko to the regimental command post of the 1st regiment. Here, I met not only Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov and Commissar Oberstan, but also Bandereev, who was supervising the war here. When I told them about the suicide of the new soldiers, Oberstein took over the topic and said: "Comrade division commander, because we went in to replenish the large number of soldiers, and did not have time to train, in the face of enemy shelling. A lot of new fighters panic. ”

"Lieutenant Colonel Sedjerikov, I don't understand a little." I'm after listening to Oberstein's explanation. Turning his head to Shederikov, he asked: "Why is it that the 4th regiment is not shelled by the enemy, but you are shelled by the enemy every day?" ”

Sederikov replied with a wry smile: "Comrade division commander, do you need to talk about this? Of course, it was related to the second artillery battalion of the division, because of their accurate artillery fire, the German army was terrified, so they concentrated the only artillery fire and shelled the defense area of our regiment every day, in an attempt to wipe out all the artillery battalions of Captain Kulishchenko. ”

"But comrade division commander, please don't worry," Oberstein, who was standing next to him, told me confidently: "Judging from the scale and timing of the German shelling in the past two days, their shells are running out of shells. If we hadn't seized their drop field and robbed them of overwhelming most of their supplies today, I don't believe they would have shelled us. ”

I felt that there was something in Oberstein's words, so I deliberately asked: "Commissar Oberstein, if I did not make a mistake at once, you mean that the enemy's shells are almost exhausted?" ”

Oberstein nodded and replied with a smile: "Exactly, Comrade Division Commander." As long as we continue to seize the airdropped supplies of the German army, as we do now, then their ammunition will soon run out. We're going to have a lot less resistance in the next attack. ”

"I agree with Commissar Oberstein." Bandereev echoed: "Judging from what I have observed today, if we had not taken the initiative to seize the enemy's airdrop field and robbed them of a large amount of airdrop materials, I believe that the enemy would not have jumped over the wall in a hurry and shelled a regiment's defense area. ”

Hearing what Bentai Reev said, my mood became happy, if he did not make a mistake in his analysis, the enemy's ammunition and supplies would be exhausted, and as long as we firmly controlled the enemy's airdrop field, then they would soon not even be able to eat. As long as we trap them for a week, it is estimated that the overwhelming majority of the German troops will not even have the strength to hold weapons, and our troops will be able to rush directly to capture the prisoners.

Thinking of this, I said to Bandereev: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, during this time, you will continue to stay at the front line, responsible for commanding the 1st and 4th regiments to seize airdropped supplies, and you must find ways to cut off the enemy's air supplies. ”

After returning to the division headquarters, I took the initiative to call Chuikov and reported to him that the 1st Regiment and 4th Regiment had captured two German airdrop supply points.

After hearing this, Chuikov was particularly happy, and he applauded on the phone, and then said: "Comrade Oshanina, although according to our reconnaissance, there are no less than ten enemy airdrop points in the city of Stalingrad alone, but you have succeeded in seizing two airdrop points, so that the enemy's supply has been severely affected, which is really remarkable. I will inform the whole army of this matter, and let all the troops learn from you, and be sure to seize the remaining airdrop fields as much as possible, so that the Germans have no bullets in their guns, no food in their stomachs, and no medicine for the wounded, and see how they can hold on. ”

I didn't say anything about Chuikov's compliment, I just smirked, after all, it is also a rare thing to be praised by the commander. Hearing that Chuikov was still talking incessantly, and I don't know how long it would take to finish, I stood for most of the day, and my legs were too tired, so I sat down in my place.

As soon as he sat down, Chuikov suddenly said: "By the way, Comrade Oshanina, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you." I relayed to General Shumilov what you mentioned early in the morning, and he said yes again and again, so his troops adopted the new tactics you proposed in today's battle. ”

"Really?!" Hearing Chuikov's words, I was so excited that I almost jumped up from my seat.

"Yes, from nine o'clock in the morning, the commanders and fighters of the 64th Army continued to attack the German troops holding on to the Voroshilov district, and although at a great cost, they managed to capture two blocks." Chuikov didn't seem to notice my abnormality, and continued to say to himself: "General Shumilov said that if you hadn't fought according to the tactics you proposed, it is estimated that today you would have suffered heavy casualties and gained nothing. ”

When I heard that Shumilov's 64th Army had captured two blocks after paying heavy casualties, I felt a little more at ease, and if they had suffered heavy casualties and still had nothing to gain, it was estimated that my ability would be questioned by my superiors, which would have a negative impact on my future prospects.

I took a deep breath, steadied myself, and then asked, "Comrade commander, I wonder what kind of effect the 57th Army's counterattack against Hoth's 4th Panzer Army has achieved?" ”

"Oh, you just don't ask about this matter, and I'm about to sue you." Chuikov suddenly looked a little like a rapping old lady today, and his speech became chattering, "Our 57th Army, with the cooperation of the 21st Army, the 5th Tank Army and the 2nd Aviation Army of the Southwestern Front, carried out a counterattack on the German troops outside the encirclement. After a day of fighting, Hort's Panzer Army had been repelled by them for 30 km. ”

As soon as Chuikov finished speaking, I immediately asked impatiently: "Comrade commander, if the German reinforcements are repulsed, then when will our counterattack begin?" ”

Chuikov was silent for a moment and replied: "On the night of December 25, we will launch a final assault on Paulus's troops. (To be continued......)

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