Burning Moscow

Looking at the backs of the commanders of the first battalion, I was unwilling to think, is there really only this number of people left in a battalion? At this time, a guard platoon soldier next to me asked me cautiously: "Comrade commander, shall we go back to the observation post?"

I glared at the soldier fiercely, and said angrily, "Go back to some observation station, stay and continue to look for it, and see if there are any surviving soldiers on the battlefield." Having said that, I asked the soldiers around me. He glanced at it and said loudly: "What are you guys doing here, don't hurry to find it!"

Seeing that I was angry, the soldiers around me neatly agreed, and then they dispersed, shouting along the side of the flattened trench: "Is there anyone? Is there anyone?"

Sitting on a mound, I stared blankly at the soldiers looking for survivors along the collapsed trench. I still had a hint of luck in my heart. Although there were only three companies in the first battalion, these companies were all troops. After being regrouped after encountering an air attack by an enemy plane by the river, the number was nearly double that of a normal company. The battalion of more than 400 people left more than 40 people. This result is something I don’t want to believe. That’s why. The soldiers of the platoon will be ordered to search for survivors.

After half an hour of searching, the soldiers began to return one after another. When they passed by my side, they all shook their heads in tears, indicating that no survivors were found. Seeing more and more platoon soldiers returning without success, my heart sank a little bit, thinking that my first battalion was over?

At this time, a soldier ran over, stood up and saluted in front of me, and reported breathlessly: "Comrade commander, Captain Lu Jin asks you to go back to the observation post immediately. The commander has an important phone call for you."

I stood up and saw the trenches buried by floating soil for the last time. I had no illusions about finding the survivors. I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet, and said to the guard platoon soldiers surrounding me: "Go, let's go back to the observation post." Then I turned and followed the soldier who called me to the observation post.

As soon as I walked to the door of the observation post, I saw Lukin and Slaven welcoming them. Seeing Slavin appear here, I couldn't help but stunned. But I thought that since Lu Jin sent someone to inform me that the teacher called me, then there must be important things to tell, so I didn’t even bother to ask him why he appeared here, and asked Lu Jin straightforwardly: "Comrade Captain, the teacher has Do you call me?" After speaking, he went to the observation post.

Lu Jin nodded vigorously, and followed me as he walked into the house and said, "Yes, comrade commander, the commander just called and asked our regiment to immediately withdraw from the position and go to the Don River for defense."

Hearing this inexplicable order, I couldn’t help but stop, and asked anxiously: “Our regiment is going to withdraw. What should we do if the enemy fights over? You know, a few hundred meters behind our observation post, there is still one Are many groups of weapons and equipment given to the Germans in vain?"

Lu Jin smiled bitterly and replied: "This is how the commander ordered. You also know that orders from superiors are not allowed to be discussed and can only be executed unconditionally."

I said, "I'll call the commander and ask what is going on?" Speaking of the order issued by Bilyukov, I was a big fire. First, I ordered my regiment to hold on to the position at all costs, and then ordered. We withdrew from the position after the battle, and now it's fine. We didn't even see the shadow of the attacking enemy, so we ordered us to withdraw to a new defense zone.

"Comrade commander, I would like to ask why we are ordering our regiment to withdraw from the position at this time. We must know that the enemy's shelling has just ended, and maybe the enemy's infantry will soon launch an attack under the cover of the tank." As soon as the call was made, I said. Chongbilukov complained.

"Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, this is an order issued by the commander of the group army. It is not allowed to talk about it. It must be carried out immediately and unconditionally." Maybe because he felt that his tone was too blunt, Biliukov said this and paused a little bit. After a while, changing a relatively calm tone and continuing: "Your regiment only needs to persist until dark, even if the mission is completed, and then cross the Don River with those troops and find a suitable position on the left bank of the river to build a defensive position."

"What about the seized weapons and ammunition?"

Biliukov was silent for a moment, and replied: "I will immediately transfer a battalion to receive your defense area, and you will let Captain Lukin stay and be responsible for the handover of weapons and ammunition."

Seeing that the matter is over, I reluctantly agreed: "I understand, comrade commander. I let Comrade Lukin and the guard platoon stay, and then I take Qilian to the Don River to join the main force of the regiment."

Putting down the phone, I called Lu Jin in front of him, and said, "Comrade Captain, the division commander said that we will send a battalion to take over our defense area. You stay with the platoon and are responsible for contacting them and handing over the weapons we seized. Ammunition, understand?"

Lu Jin nodded vigorously and said loudly: "Please rest assured, the head of the group, I promise to complete the task."

When Slavin and I left the observation post, I couldn’t help but ask: "Comrade Captain, you are not commanding the troops from your position. What are you doing when you come to the observation post?"

Slaven smiled embarrassedly, and replied, "Comrade commander, when you were away, Captain Lukin called me and asked me to go to the observation station to accept the task. Ordered me to withdraw from the first and second battalions. After the position, he led the Seventh Company to stay on the third line of defense. There was no order and no retreat was allowed. Unexpectedly, the commander of the division called and asked us to withdraw all of the positions."

I took Slavin and his seventh company, after half an hour of marching, to the new defensive zone. Seeing that everyone was busy digging trenches, I left Qilian to help repair the fortifications, and walked to the river with two soldiers myself.

When I came to the river, the sky had gradually darkened. I saw the bushes along the riverside, under the birch trees that were blown up, craters and trenches, filled with people everywhere. There were hundreds of people, but they were very silent, and they couldn't hear anyone talking loudly.

The iron bridge on the Don River was broken in half in the middle. The iron bridge on our side was not blown up, and there were four bridge holes left, but all on the left bank of the Don River was broken and submerged in the river. The wharf of the ferry rebelled and docked some damaged boats and a motorboat that was pierced through the ship's side.

A motorboat slowly approached the pier, and the commanders sitting on the ground near the pier, seeing a boat coming, quickly got up from the ground, and water rushed past.

At this time, a group of political workers emerged from nowhere, shouting loudly, directing the crowded commanders to board the ship. Under their organization, the originally chaotic scene quickly became orderly, and the commanders and fighters lined up in a neat line and boarded the steamboat one by one.

I was curious about these political workers who maintained order. I wondered if they were the leading cadres drawn from various regions that General Biliukov said, so I walked towards them.

By coincidence, a chubby political worker saw me and brought two soldiers to greet me. Even far away ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he asked loudly, "Is Comrade Oshaninna coming across?"

Hearing the political worker on the other side called out my name, I couldn't help being taken aback. I looked at the other side carefully for a long time, as if I had never seen it before. Looking at the opponent’s collar again, he turned out to be a regiment-level political commissar. He hurriedly stepped up and walked up to him to stand up and salute, and said respectfully: "Hello, regiment-level political comrade. I am an agent of the 678th Regiment of the 214th Infantry Division. Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, I am waiting for your instructions."

The regiment-level political commissar gave a gift, and then reached out to me. He shook my hand with one hand, and patted the back of my hand affectionately with the other hand, and said with a smile, "Comrade Oshanina, you may not know me yet. I'll make it. Introduce myself, I am Kirilov from the committee, the new director of the Political Department of the 62nd Army."

The intimacy to him made me feel a little uncomfortable, but it was not easy to get rid of his hand, so I had to smile awkwardly and said: "Sorry, comrade, regiment-level political comrade, I don’t seem to have seen you before. Know how you recognized me?"

Kirilov replied: "You have been to the Kremlin twice before, and I met you at that time. You know, there are not many female officers in the army, and I have been notified that you will lead The troops covered us across the river. So as soon as you showed up, I recognized you." (To be continued.)