Burning Moscow

We descended from the south side of the hill and came to the parking place. Kolpakchi walked to his own Jeep, opened the rear door and got in. I looked around and saw that the jeep I was sitting in was parked at the end of the convoy, and quickly turned around and walked in that direction.

Within a few steps, I heard Kolpakchi calling me from behind. I stopped quickly, turned around and ran to his side, and asked politely: "Comrade Commander, do you have any instructions?"

He poked his head out of the car window and asked displeasedly: "I said, Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, where are you going?"

I pointed to the back and answered honestly: "Report to Comrade Commander, the car I am in is parked at the end of the convoy."

"That car is reserved for Captain Shemikov, so you can go with my car."

I quickly agreed, opened the door of the co-pilot and sat in.

Seeing me getting in the car, the driver smiled at me and nodded. Instead of driving immediately, he turned to ask Kolpakchi: "Comrade Commander, when can we leave?"

"We will leave when all the staff in the command headquarters are down." Kolpakchi finished speaking, leaning back in his chair, and closing his eyes to rest.

However, the staff did not let us wait long. They quickly loaded the communication equipment and various documents they carried. When a staff officer came to report to Kolpakchi that he was ready and ready to go, he opened his eyes and said to the driver: "Let's drive!"

On the way to the Koska River Defense Line, Kolpakchi leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. The driver was driving intently. Seeing no one could speak, I had to look out the dark window in a daze.

The jeep is along the crude road. After driving for nearly an hour, he took a turn to the right. Through the car lights, I saw a temporary checkpoint at the intersection in front of me. On both sides of the road were simple fortifications made of sandbags. Inside each of them were two helmeted soldiers holding machine guns as security guards, and their muzzles pointed towards the road. .

Seeing our convoy passing by, two soldiers walked out of the checkpoint, raised their hands and stopped our car. Ask loudly: "Standing, which part of you are you?"

I turned my head and glanced at Kolpakchi who was sitting in the back row. He opened his eyes and told me: "Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, you go and negotiate with them to see which part they belong to?"

I promised, opened the door and walked down. The soldiers at the checkpoint seemed very nervous about my sudden move. The two soldiers standing in front of the car pointed their guns at me, not to mention, even the sound of pulling the bolt from the simple fortification.

I walked in front of the two soldiers, and with the help of the lights of the car lights, I could clearly see the soldiers standing in front of them, wearing black uniforms, from their open collars. You can clearly see the sea soul shirt inside. Although they wore steel helmets and did not wear naval caps with ribbons, I can already be sure that they belonged to the navy's infantry unit. So I smiled and asked, "Comrade soldier, are you from the naval infantry brigade?"

The two navy soldiers did not answer my question, and looked at each other. One of the soldiers with obviously higher rank asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, which part are you from? What are you doing in our line of defense?"

"I'm Lieutenant Colonel Oshaninna of the Command of the Group Army. I accompanied the commander, General Kolpakchi, to the Koska River Defense Line." After identifying myself, I asked, "Which division is this division?" Defense zone?" The reason I ask is because when I heard the dialogue between Kolpakchi and Semikov, I knew that there were several divisions of the group army in the Koska River defense line at this moment. We drove for a long time in the dark. I know which division's defense is coming.

Hearing me saying that the commander was in the jeep, the soldier with high rank turned his head and looked into the car. He quickly stood up and saluted me, and respectfully reported: "Report to Comrade Commander, we are the 102nd Naval Infantry. The brigade, belonging to the 192nd Infantry Division, a few hundred meters ahead, is our brigade headquarters, brigade commander...No, it's the division commander now, and the commanders of the division commander and several other friendly forces are meeting inside."

At this time, Kolpakchi also opened the car door and walked down, and the two naval soldiers quickly raised their hands to salute him. He nodded and asked, "Comrade soldier, are you a subordinate of Lieutenant Colonel Tarantsev?" After hearing the soldier's loud answer, he ordered the soldier, "Get in the car and take us to the headquarters."

After Kolpakic and I got into the car one after another, the soldier waved his hands towards the checkpoint and shouted loudly: "Remove the roadblock!" After shouting, he walked to the driver's side and stepped on the pedal to stand up. The whole person hung outside the car door to show us the way.

On the way to the headquarters, we ran into two patrol teams and stopped us to ask for the password. Fortunately, the soldiers who led us knew the password so that we could arrive at the headquarters unimpeded.

Two guards stood at the door of the headquarters. Seeing our convoy arrived, they came over with their guns to investigate. At this time, the soldiers who led the way jumped out of the car and walked to the guards, first correct the password, and then showed them us. identity of. The sentry put the gun back on his shoulder, walked outside our car and raised his hand to salute.

After Kolpakic got out of the car, the soldier who led the way quickly ran back to him and said kindly: "Comrade Commander, the headquarters is here. Do you need me to go in and call the brigade commander out to greet you?"

Kolpakchi waved his hand and said, "No, I'll go in by myself. Comrade soldier, you should go back to your post now, thank you for leading us." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and shook his hand with the soldier, then let go. Later, he shook his head at me, "Come on, Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, let's go to the command post."

I followed Kolpakchi and walked into the command post. In the middle of this narrow room, there is a large wooden table. Seven or eight commanders are surrounded by clouds and fog. The whole room is filled with smoke. Although there is a steam lamp on each of the walls, the room The light still looked dim.

"Hello, comrades commanders!" Kolpakchi greeted the people in the room loudly as soon as he stopped.

When the people in the room heard Kolpakchi's voice, they all stood up one after another and walked over from the table to salute him. For a while, the room was as lively as a vegetable market.

After everyone said hello, the Wizards of Kolpark pulled me in front of everyone and introduced to everyone: "This is my adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina." I saw that the adjutant of the commander was a woman, present. All of the commanders couldn't help but stared at me in a daze, without speaking.

Upon seeing this, Kolpakic narrowed his mouth and pointed to the commander in front of him to introduce me: "This is Major General Volkhin, the commander of the 147th Division, and this is his political comrade Kotov."

"Major General Novikov, commander of the 181st Division, and Comrade Ludenko, his political commissar."

"This is the master of this headquarters, the brigade commander of the 102nd Naval Infantry Brigade, and now the commander of the 192nd Division, Lieutenant Colonel Tarantsev."

Every time Kolpakic introduced a commander, I raised my hand to salute and greet him politely.

After all this was done, Kolpakchi walked to the table and sat down and greeted the rest of the commanders to take their seats. I knew that I was not qualified to sit in this situation, so I obediently came to the wall, stood with my back against the log wall, and honestly be my bystander.

Kolpakchi scanned all the commanders present and asked, "What were you talking about in a meeting before I came?"

"Report to Comrade Commander," Lieutenant Colonel Tarantsev stood up and replied, "We are studying the division of our respective defense zones."

Hearing him say this, Kolpakchi frowned slightly, with a displeased expression on his face, and then he asked in a stern tone: "Didn't the defense zones of the Koska River line of defense have been divided long ago? Why don't you Follow the division of the group army to deploy troops, but study the re-division of defense zones here?"

General Volkhin of the 147th Division stood up and said, "Comrade Commander, you do not know that the defensive fronts of our division and the 181st Division are too wide. Now we have the 102nd Naval Infantry Brigade. It is planned that they will be deployed at the junction of the two divisions. The front of our two divisions has been shortened, and more troops can be placed in the depth of the defense. This way, we have a greater confidence in blocking the German attack. ."

At this time, the staff officers who withdrew with us walked into the headquarters one after another, saluted Kolpakchi and got busy. The communications staff placed a few led phones on the wooden table ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, but the phone on the table was picked up by a staff officer. It seemed that he was going to take it away.

Tarantsev looked at them blankly, and asked the communications staff who was holding the phone inexplicably: "Comrade Staff, you took my phone away, how can I command the troops?"

The staff officer with the phone in his hand did not answer his question, but looked at Kolpakch. Kolpakic quickly stood up and explained to Tarantsev: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I plan to set up a new temporary headquarters here. You can never let me use the brigade-level telephone line to command the entire group army. Right? When we finish the meeting, you can find a place nearby and move your headquarters there." After that, he waved his hand to the staff to indicate what he should do, without paying attention to Tarantsev. .

Tarantsev saw that the commander said so, so he had to smile wryly and sit down again. Unexpectedly, as soon as he sat down, Kolpakic asked him again: "Comrade Tarantsev, have your troops entered a new defense zone?"

Tarantsev hurriedly stood up again and replied: "Report to Comrade Commander, the officers and men of the 102nd Naval Infantry Brigade have all entered the designated positions an hour ago. The defeated troops of the 192nd Division passed by After containment and reorganization, they will enter the position at dawn."

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