Burning Moscow

When the commanders left, I got up and walked in front of Gurov and Lopatin. After raising my hand to salute them, I asked respectfully: "Comrade Commander and Comrade Military Commissioner, how do you plan to arrange for me? work?"

Lopatin looked up at me and touched Gurov sitting next to him with his shoulder: "I said, Comrade Military Commissioner, Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina's work will be arranged by you. I am here this time. , I brought my adjutant here."

Lopatin said that he had brought the adjutant here, and the implication was that as long as I was not allowed to be an adjutant, Gurov could arrange me any position. Gurov lowered his head to consider, then raised his head and said: "Comrade Oshanina, among the encircled units, there is also the 229th Infantry Division of the 64th Army. You have been by Cuikov, I think Commander Saren The colonel should welcome you."

Now that the destination has been decided, I raised my hand to salute the two and plan to leave. Unexpectedly, Gurov stopped me and said, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I will send you out."

The two of us walked out of the headquarters and came to the street. Just as I was about to salute Gurov again, he called my name, slowly and carefully, saying: "Comrade Oshanina, I suggest that after you arrive at the 229th division, you should talk to Colonel Sarren as soon as possible. Discuss the breakthrough."

"Break through?!" When I heard this word, my heartbeat speeded up. It turned out that Gurov also saw the danger that the group army faced after being encircled, but Lopatin just said at the meeting that he would not break through the siege and that he would fight the Germans. After all, why is Gurov asking me to think about breaking through? So I lowered my throat and asked in a puzzled voice: "Comrade Military Commissioner, didn't Commander Lopatin just said that. The troops are not allowed to break through and fight the enemy to the last minute?".

Gurov snorted. He said disdainfully: "What is Lopatin. Apart from obeying orders to please his superiors, he has no commanding ability at all. Commanding a division is hard enough, let alone an army of hundreds of thousands." He stepped forward. Reached out and grabbed my arms, and said earnestly: "Oshanina, according to my observations, you are very talented. You can't sacrifice here for nothing. Listen to my words and if you have a chance to break through, don't hesitate. , To be prominent immediately."

"But from Commander Lopatin..."

Before I could finish speaking, Gurov waved his hand and interrupted me: "General Lopatin is the commander of the 62nd Army. He can command the 62nd Army. Do you understand what I mean?".

I understood that Gurov said this out of concern for me, so I nodded silently.

"Go, go to the 229th division. Good luck!" After speaking, he patted me on the shoulder. Turned around and walked towards the headquarters.

I walked towards the place where I got off when I came, hoping to bump into a car that dropped by to the 229th Division. You can take me to the division. Before I went far, I saw a jeep coming head-on, and I quickly walked to the side of the road to make way for the vehicle. Unexpectedly, the jeep stopped by my side, then the driver pushed the car away and asked loudly at me: "Hey, lieutenant colonel, I said, where are you going? Do you need me to see you?" .

I looked up and saw that it was Sidorokov who had sent me here. I was overjoyed. I quickly opened the door of the car behind and sat in, and told him: "I'm going to the division headquarter of the 229th Division. Do you know the way?" ".

Sidorokov tilted his head and replied to me as he drove, "I know, when I was in the parking lot, I met an acquaintance who came to buy munitions. He is now in the 229th Division. When I chatted with him, By the way, I asked about the route to them, but I didn’t expect it would come in handy so quickly."

Sidorokov pulled to a valley, and not long after driving, he was stopped by a patrol team.

The car was parked on the side of the road, and a soldier with a submachine gun walked to our car, stood outside, bent slightly, and asked in a polite tone: "Who are you, Comrade Commander."

I glanced at his collar and replied: "Comrade Sergeant, please take me to the division headquarters. I am Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina from the headquarters of the group army."

"Group army command?! Which group army command?" The sergeant asked, standing still in place.

"The 62nd Army Command."

"Sorry, comrade lieutenant colonel," the sergeant said stiffly, "our division belongs to the battle sequence of the 64th Army, and General Kolpakchi has no right to command us."

Seeing this old-fashioned sergeant, I was so angry and funny. Just about to say something to him, the driver Sidorokov took the lead and said, "Hey, I said Comrade Sergeant, maybe someone else has no right to command. You, but this comrade lieutenant colonel has the right. Do you know why? In addition to her position in the 62nd Army, she is also the chief of staff of the temporary command appointed by General Cui Kefu." Seeing the sergeant's surprised expression, He said triumphantly, "I was ordered by Commander Trikov to send her back to the 64th Army."

With the help of Sidorokov, the sergeant's attitude became better. He saluted me and said, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the division headquarters is halfway up the mountain, and the car can't get up. Please, please. Get out of the car and I will take you up."

I got out of the car, waved to Sidorokov, smiled and said, "Comrade driver, I'm fine, you can go back, thank you for sending me back from such a far place."

The sergeant led me slowly up the mountain path, and asked me as he walked: "Comrade Commander, do you think we can stand out from the encirclement?".

"Of course, Comrade Sergeant." I replied without hesitation: "Judging from the strength of the 229th Division, breaking the enemy's encirclement and successfully highlighting the encirclement is not a problem."

After walking a short distance, I saw a cave in front of me, and the communicators were busy setting up wires. The sergeant took me to the sentry at the entrance of the cave, whispered a few words to him, then walked back to me and said, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I can only send you here. Comrade commander is here. Inside, please go in."

I walked into the cave and saw that the cave was not small, even though there were more than 20 people standing there still seemed very spacious. A middle-aged upper-level corrector stood in front of the table, pointed to the map spread on it, and assigned tasks to several commanders standing around.

I stepped forward, raised my hand in salute, and said loudly, "Hello, comrade commander! Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina will report to you. I am here on the order of Comrade Gurov, a military commissar of the 62nd Army, to report to you. Yes, I am waiting for your instructions."

Colonel Sa Ren looked up at me, stunned for a while, then laughed loudly, and said to the surrounding commanders: "Comrades, do you know who she is?".

Everyone looked at me and shook their heads collectively, saying they didn't know me.

Colonel Saren walked around the table, stretched out his hand to shake hands with me, and said to everyone sideways: "Let me introduce to you, this Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, who has acted for the 214th Division some time ago. The commander of the 678 regiment. The night she took office, she sent a troop to attack the heavy camp of the German army. With almost no casualties, she wiped out the enemy’s defenders and seized enough to arm the two regiments. Weapons and ammunition."

After listening to his introduction, everyone suddenly realized that they all rushed to shake hands with me.

After a simple greeting, we returned to the table. I looked at the map spread out in front of me and asked Colonel Sarren: "Comrade Commander, what are you discussing?"

"What else can we discuss?" a major said grimly: "Where does the research break through."

Sarin went on to say: "Our division now has only four battalions left, and the ammunition has not been replenished for a long time, so it cannot resist the enemy's fierce attacks for a long time, so we plan to break through at the right time."

I looked up at Sarin and asked, "Comrade Commander, where do you plan to break through?"

The colonel pointed to the map and said to me: "Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, I intend to let the troops pass through the defenses of the 147th Division, cross the river from the pontoon of the Koska River, and then turn around to cross the Don River and withdraw to the south. Stalingrad."

I sighed and said regretfully: "Comrade teacher, this breakout plan will not work."

"Why?" Sa Ren asked in surprise.

I pointed at the location of the original floating bridge, scanned every commander present, and said: "Comrade commanders, maybe you don’t know yet. An hour ago, the commander of the 62nd Army, Kolpakchi The general was dismissed and arrested. It was General Lopatin who took over. The first thing he did after taking office was to order the Pontoon Battalion to blow up all the pontoon bridges on the Koska River to prevent the group army from retreating through the pontoon without authorization."

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Sa Ren looked at the map with a serious expression. After a long time, he slowly said: "Our division is not strong enough, and there are not many ammunition. If we don't want to break through and continue to fight, we will either be wiped out by the enemy or captured."

Since I was sent to the 229th Division by Gurov, then my fate is closely related to them. I don't want to be a prisoner or die here, so I have to actively think of ways. I looked at the map and asked Sarren tentatively: "Comrade Commander, if we do not break through the 62nd Army's defense zone, but break through from another direction, which direction do you think we should choose?"

Saren looked at it, then pointed to the south side of the map and said: "I think we should take a risk, protruding from the front of the enemy, and head straight to the Don River. There should be our 64th Army troops there. We will join them. Later, I took a ferry from the dock of the Don River Ferry to the left bank of the Don River."

I looked at the route he pointed out and it seemed feasible, so I nodded and said, "Comrade teacher, I agree with your proposal. However, in order to ensure the success of the breakout, the action should be carried out at night. Tonight is too late. I can only wait for tomorrow night to act. But what worries me is whether our troops can withstand the crazy attacks launched by the enemy during the day." (To be continued...)