Burning Moscow

The reason why I called Sergeikov and asked about Perskin's whereabouts was that he was in charge of the Independent Division when I was behind enemy lines, and he was solely responsible for many personnel arrangements.

After a moment of silence, Sergeikov replied: "Report to Comrade Commander, since all the tanks in our division were lost, Captain Perskin and the tank soldiers under him were all converted to infantry and incorporated into the cover. The fourth regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Dahl..." Before he could finish speaking, I hung up the phone eagerly and quickly shook the four regiments.

After the call was connected, a lazy and impolite voice came from the headset: "The regiment headquarters of the four regiments here, where are you and what's the matter?" After speaking, he yawned loudly.

The attitude of the person who answered the phone made me unhappy, but this is not the time to lose my temper. I suppressed the anger in my heart, biting my molars, and said: "I am the teacher, Colonel Oshanina. I have something to find in Gaidar. School, is he there?"

As soon as my voice fell, there was a mess of noise in the earphones, including low-pitched shouts, gunshots, and even the sound of a wooden stool at the bottom. It might be the person who answered the phone getting up. So quickly, I knocked over the stool I was sitting on. Then, the originally lazy voice became serious: "Hello, comrade teacher. Please forgive me, I didn't know it was you, so... Please forgive my recklessness. The Gaidar midfielder was sleeping, and I immediately woke him up. "

Gaidar’s voice soon sounded in the headset: "Sorry, comrade commander, please forgive me. I was sleeping when you called. You know, I just finished supervising the troops. I’ve been tired all day long. I was a little tired, so I fell asleep without knowing it...."

I heard Gaidar explain it to me so long. I interrupted him impatiently, and first reminded him: "After the third regiment is transferred. The defense of the residential area is only your fourth regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Oleg's fifth regiment. It is necessary to organize soldiers in the residents. Build more fortifications in Dianli, and prepare to fight a fierce offensive that the enemy may launch."

"Understand, Comrade Commander." Gaidar's language became more refined. "There are many construction engineers in our regiment. Under the guidance of professionals like them, we have built a lot of new fortifications in the past few days."

"Very well. Lieutenant Colonel Gydal, that's the right thing to do." After I praised him, I changed the subject and asked, "By the way, Captain Perskin is with you, right?"

"Yes, he is here, please wait a moment." Then I heard him shouting loudly: "Hey, Perskin, the teacher is looking for you for something, hurry up and answer the phone."

After a while. Perskin’s familiar voice came from the headset again: "Hello, comrade teacher, I thought I was forgotten by you."

"Comrade Captain. Why are you at Gaidar's headquarters?" I asked curiously about Perskin being able to answer the phone so quickly.

Perskin's tone said with a hint of helplessness: "Comrade commander, this is the case. After all my tanks were lost in the early battle, my men and I were all converted to infantry. Lieutenant Colonel Gaidar said. It is a waste to use our tank soldiers as infantry. It turns us into his guard platoon, and usually lives in his regiment headquarters."

After listening to Perskin's words, I understood why he could yell after Gaidar twice. Just ran to answer my call, and secondly. I also understood what was going on when I heard the sound of the gun hitting from the earphones.

I coughed and cleared my throat. Continue to ask: "Comrade Captain, how many tank soldiers do you have?"

"Comrade Commander, please wait a moment, let me count." Then, I heard him counting his subordinates in one, two, three, and four ways. When he counted seventeen, he didn't continue to count down. At this time, I also understood that there were probably only so few people left in the tank unit.

Before he could speak, I said first: "Captain Perskin, I have heard that, you still have seventeen soldiers under your command. Plus you, it should be eighteen, right?"

"That's it, Comrade Commander," Perskin replied.

I thought to myself that it might still be a bit difficult for 18 people to drive back ten tanks, so I couldn't help but hesitate. But Perskin heard that I didn't speak and didn't hang up the phone, so he asked carefully: "Comrade Commander, you are calling me at this time, is there any important task?"

I nodded silently, and suddenly remembered that he couldn’t see my expression, and said quickly: “That’s it, Captain Perskin, the 1st Battalion of the Second Regiment on the 107.5 Heights on the left flank of Mamayevgang, just ended. During the battle, ten German tanks were captured. Originally I wanted you to bring people to drive them all back, but now you only have 18 people. Is there too much shortage of manpower?"

"Should I just drive the tank back, or drive it to fight?" Perskin asked tentatively.

"You just need to drive the tank back to conceal it." I answered him seriously, "At present, we don't even know where the enemy's camp is. Used up. At that time, these tanks will either be blown up by the plane or be recaptured by the enemy."

"Comrade commander, you don’t know that if you just drive the tanks back, the eighteen of us will be enough." Perskin said proudly: "Anyway, it’s not for us to go to war, so some tanks Only one driver is enough."

When I heard him say this, I suddenly laughed. Isn’t that what he said? It’s not like sending them to fight. A tank with a driver is enough. I don’t need a gunner or sight at all. It’s me. In the horns.

Calculating this way, if you just drive the tank back, the manpower will still be rich. But to participate in the war, at least double the number of tank soldiers. But in this situation, where can I find a suitable tank soldier? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh softly.

My sigh was heard by Perskin, and he asked with concern: "Comrade commander, are you still worried about the shortage of tanks and the inability to put all these tanks into battle?"

Hearing what he said, I sighed to myself, could he be a roundworm in my stomach, I can guess everything I want. But guess it belongs to guess it. If he replaced him, he wouldn't necessarily be able to conjure dozens of tank soldiers out of thin air. I asked half-jokingly: "What? Captain Perskin, can you find suitable tank soldiers to operate these tanks?"

"I dare not say anything else. Finding dozens of tank soldiers is not a trivial matter."

Although Persian said confidently. But I was still dubious: "Oh, can you really find a tank soldier?"

At this time, Perskin lowered his voice, pretending to be mysterious and said to me: "Comrade commander, you may not know that there are several tank divisions or tank brigades in the city, but these units do not have a tank. Those tank soldiers have been changed to infantry. You know. Tank soldiers are a technical unit. If they were used by ordinary infantry, it would be a waste."

"Okay, okay, Captain Perskin," although he hadn't finished his words, I already understood what he meant to express, and quickly interrupted him: "I understand what you mean, and wait until dawn. , I will go to the commander of the group army to find a commander. Ask him for a few tank soldiers to supplement you."

"This is really great," Perskin asked excitedly: "Comrade Commander, I want to ask. When can we go and receive the captured tanks?"

"Of course it is now. Do you still want the tanks to be placed at the foot of the hills on the high ground, and after dawn, the enemy planes can blow them all up?" Having said that, I remembered from the settlement to the location of the tank. If the distance is not close, he asked with concern: "Is there a car in the residential area?"

"Reporter, no, not even one." Perskin replied simply.

I heard him answer that there are no cars in the residential area. He quickly covered the microphone and asked Kirilov: "Comrade Political Commissar, have the trucks carrying thunder cannons come back?"

Kirilov glanced at the door. Then he shook his head and replied, "No, I haven't seen Captain Morozov."

I let go of my hand covering the microphone. Continue to say to Perskin: "Lieutenant, listen, immediately gather your subordinates and rush to the 107.5 heights to receive the tanks parked at the foot of the mountain. If you are lucky, you can probably be halfway there. Meet the truck I sent to pick you up. That's it, comrade Captain, I wish you good luck!"

After putting down the phone, I looked at Akhromeyev and Kirilov who were standing at the table and said to them: "I have ordered Captain Perskin to take his men and immediately rush to receive them. Tanks. But because there are no trucks in the settlement, if they walk, they may reach the destination and drive the tanks back. It may be dawn. So I am going to wait for Morozov’s four trucks to return. Send two of them to their destination, and bring the captured German prisoners back when they return."

After I finished speaking, Kirilov first nodded in agreement: "The commander is still thinking about it thoroughly. Later, when the German prisoners are transported back..."

Halfway through what he said, the phone on the desk rang again. Akhromeyev grabbed the microphone and said loudly, "Hey, this is the headquarters of the independent division. Where are you?" After listening for a while, He handed the microphone over and whispered to me, "The commander is the acting commander of the third regiment, Captain Godunov."

After I took the call and put it close to my ear, I said into the microphone, "Hey, is this Captain Godunov? I'm Colonel Oshanina, can you ask me anything?

"Report to the commander," Godunov said politely, "I am in the command post at 107.5 Heights, with Captain Khorushov."

"It was the German army that you personally took the troops to outflank, right?" Hearing that he said that he was on the high ground on the west side, he suddenly understood who commanded the troops that I saw just now. The reason for asking this is that In order to confirm my guess.

"Yes, comrade commander," Godunov gave me an affirmative answer, perhaps because I was afraid that I would blame him for leading the troops without asking for instructions. He also deliberately explained to me: "I was just leading the troops. When I arrived near the high ground, I saw that the German army was launching an attack on our position. At that time, I thought to myself, if the enemy didn't find us, I could sneak around behind them and beat them hard. So... "

"So you led the troops back to the north **** of the high ground, and fought back and forth with the friendly forces that rushed down from above, and eliminated the enemy attacking the high ground. Is that true?"

Godunov smiled embarrassedly and asked in kind, "I did this, comrade commander, you won't blame me? You know. We have eliminated all the enemies that attacked our army."

"Okay, okay, Captain Godunov. I have seen all the credit you made, so don't show it in front of me anymore." That's it. I looked at the map in front of me and thought about it. I felt that it was a bit wrong to put the first and third regiments on the high ground. Although Godunov was the acting commander and Khorushov was the battalion commander, However, both of them are captains and they are not in a unified relationship. Once the fighting is fierce, it will be trouble for them to fight separately. One of them must be transferred away. Thinking of this, I said to Godunov again: "Comrade Captain, I now give you a new order to immediately let your regiment’s troops take over the defense of the high ground, and let Captain Khorushov take his battalion and withdraw. The station of the Second Regiment is on standby."

Godunov agreed very readily: "Yes, comrade commander, I will convey your order to him immediately!"

Before Godunov and I finished talking, we heard Morozov’s familiar voice from the door: "Can I come in?"

Kirilov saw that I was on the phone. Then Yue Chu shouted on his behalf: "Come in, Captain Morozov, Comrade Commander is looking for you for something."

Morozov heard that I was looking for him. He quickly walked to me and stood at attention, quietly waiting for me to give him a new order after I finished the call.

After putting down the phone, I looked at Morozov who was standing straight. What I thought was that all the cars in the division, including the jeep I took, were handed over to the group army headquarters. Where did Morozov find the four trucks? So before I asked about the casualties of the flying thunder artillery combat team, I first asked Morozov curiously: "Comrade Captain. Where did the trucks in your artillery battalion come from? Are they the German trucks captured during the day?"

Unexpectedly, Morozov shook his head and replied: "No, the trucks that came back with heavy artillery. They have been handed over to the retreating 125th regiment to transport the wounded of the regiment. These four trucks were sent by the group army command. Come to give us explosives."

I nodded secretly, and said to my heart that it was a truck from the headquarters of the group army. But now there are no vehicles available in the division. To transport Captain Perskin and his men, the captured German tank soldiers, they can only continue to borrow these trucks, so I told Morozov: "Comrade Captain, you Let the soldiers unload everything from the truck, and send two vehicles to the direction of the settlement to meet Captain Perskin and them. By the way, I have just ordered them to leave, maybe you will meet them halfway. they."

Morozov nodded and said obediently: "Okay, I will personally bring the car to pick them up."

Seeing Morozov turn around and leave, I quickly stopped him and continued: "Yes, after you sent Captain Perskin and the others to the tank, when you returned, by the way, take the German tank soldiers captured by the first battalion of the Second Regiment. Bring it back together.” After finishing speaking, he waved to Morozov, “Okay, you can set off now. After the captives are brought back, you will come to the headquarters again.”

After Morozov left, Akhromeyev finally had time to ask us about the use of the flying thunder cannon. He curiously asked: "Commander, political commissar, how is the effect of the flying thunder cannon?"

"Chief of Staff, you said the flying thunder cannon!" Kirilov, who had witnessed the power of the flying thunder cannon, heard Akhromeyev's question and immediately explained to him excitedly: "That guy is so amazing. It’s amazing. You didn’t see the explosives bag falling to the explosion. You blasted the enemy with a radius of 50 or 60 meters. Even the tank soldiers hiding in the tank were no exception. Although they were not killed, most of them Being stunned by the shock wave of the explosion, our soldiers were able to catch so many tank soldiers and captured ten tanks in their entirety..."

After Kirilov finished speaking, I thoughtfully said to him: "Comrade political comrades, I think we should let Morozov hurry up and make more explosive packs so that we can give offensive enemies when defending. Give more damage."

Kirilov nodded in agreement, and agreed with me: "Yes, this time with only forty-eight explosive packs, we achieved such an unexpected result. If we use two hundred, three hundred, or even more When there are a thousand dynamite bags, I really can't imagine what kind of damage it will cause to the enemy.

After chatting for a while, Kirilov suddenly mentioned the captured tank soldiers. He took the initiative to ask me for instructions: "Comrade Oshanina, when the trucks that transported the prisoners come back, I will follow these trucks to the headquarters of the group army. One is to return the truck. The other is to deliver these prisoners to the group army headquarters."

As soon as he finished speaking, I waved my hands and directly rejected his request: "Comrade political comrades. I should do it myself to **** the prisoners to the headquarters of the group army. You and Akhromeyev Chief of Staff will do it. Stay in the headquarters."

My words not only caused Kirilov's displeasure. Even Akhromeyev looked displeased. He said dissatisfied: "Comrade commander, just now you and the political commissar were on the top of the hillside to watch the flying thunder cannon combat, and I stayed in the headquarters. This time. In any case, give me the arduous task of escorting prisoners. Besides, you are the commander of a division, so you can't leave your command position casually."

After listening to Akhromeyev’s words, Kirilov echoed: "Yes, Comrade Oshanina. I think the chief of staff makes sense. You are the head of a division and you cannot leave the independent division casually. Command position, as for escorting the prisoners, let me or the chief of staff to do it."

Seeing the two forming a common front so quickly, I couldn’t help but smile and said, “Political commissar and chief of staff, what you both said makes sense. But this time I went to the headquarters of the group army, not just to **** the prisoners and Return the truck. These things can be done even if we send a company commander and a platoon commander. I went to see the commander. I wanted to ask him for some tank soldiers adapted into infantry, so that Pells could be replaced as soon as possible. Jian's tank detachment was added and formed a fighting capacity in a short period of time." After I explained this. The two were relieved and stopped fighting with me for the task of escorting the prisoners.

After nearly an hour, Morozov came to the headquarters again and respectfully reported to me: "Comrade Commander, the truck escorting the prisoners has stopped under the hillside. Would you please give instructions on how to deal with these prisoners?"

Before I said the prisoner's advice on how to deal with it, I asked him: "Captain Morozov, do you understand German?" I was thinking when I asked this. If he doesn't understand the German army, I will take Mikhayev with him. Let him be an interpreter for me.

Unexpectedly, Morozov nodded vigorously and replied to me: "Report to the commander. Although my German is not as good as Mikhayev and the others, if I want to interrogate the prisoners, the problem should still be small."

Morozov's words immediately made me ashamed. Many of my commanders are proficient in German. Apart from a few words such as "put down the weapon, hand over the gun and do not kill", I have almost no knowledge of German. But at this time, I still want to maintain the image of my superior leader in front of my subordinates, so I pretended to be nonchalant and said: "Well, comrade Captain, since you know German, go to the headquarters of the group army with me. ."

When I came to the place where the truck was parked at the foot of the mountain, I saw the German prisoners crouched in a row under the truck, surrounded by soldiers from nearly a company pointing their guns at them.

Seeing this, I turned my head and said to Morozov who was following me: "Divide these prisoners into four groups and put them on trucks, and then we will go to the headquarters of the group army."

After receiving my order, Morozov immediately ran over and ordered the soldiers to separate the prisoners and put them on the truck one by one. Although most of the warriors around were from the Second Regiment, seeing me as the division commander standing aside, the orders they gave to Morozov were carried out without compromise.

When we set off, Morozov and I were sitting in the carriage of the first truck. There were four German prisoners and six fully armed soldiers guarding them. Looking at the dejected German captain sitting in the carriage, I touched Morozov’s arm, snorted the captive, and whispered to him: "Comrade Morozov, ask the German captain’s name and troops. The number!"

Morozov nodded, and whispered to the German captain. When the prisoner heard someone speaking German, he was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly recovered, and he spoke to Morozov with questions and answers.

Morozov chatted with the captain for a while, stopped talking with each other, and whispered to me: "Report to the commander, this captain is Poser, a battalion commander of an armored battalion of the German 14th Tank Corps. He said that he is an instructor from the Vienna Armored Forces School, and today is his first time in combat."

After listening to Morozov's words, I nodded, and then asked Poser with interest: "Mr. Captain, have you ever thought of being captured by us on the battlefield?"

Hearing the interpreter, Poser shook his head vigorously, and then made a long speech: "Ms. Colonel, our troops who attacked the highlands have already mastered the initiative on the battlefield, although the defenders are constantly moving from the south slope. Increase the troops to the front position, but according to my estimation. At most in half an hour, they will all be killed under our artillery fire. Unexpectedly, at this moment, you shamelessly used heavy artillery to bombard us. As a result, Our offense fell short."

After listening to the captives, I asked curiously: "Mr. Captain. Can you really confirm that you were attacked by heavy artillery?"

Poser contemplated for a while, and then nodded affirmatively: "Yes, judging from the power of the bomb explosion at the time, it is definitely not the 152mm howitzer you are accustomed to using. The caliber of this gun is at least 200mm. ."

After listening to Morozov’s translation, I looked at him and smiled, then turned to Poser in front of me and said: "Mr. Captain, I have to say that your judgment is correct. The caliber of the weapons we use is indeed correct. More than 200 mm."

Poser let out a cry, and then asked curiously: "When did you equip this kind of artillery? Why have I never heard of it."

"It's right if I haven't heard about it. Because of this weapon, we will only equip it tonight. And you, Captain Poser and your subordinates, unfortunately, became the first victims of our test of the power of this weapon."

After listening to what I said, Poser actually pleaded: "Ms. Colonel, I don’t know if you can let me see this new type of artillery. Because I found out after I was captured. Although he and his men were fainted. , But there is almost no damage to the body of the tank, which is incredible."

The flying thunder cannon is the secret weapon of the independent division. How could I allow these captives to visit, so I said coldly: "Mr. Captain, when the battle is over, if I have the opportunity, I will show you this new weapon, but only if you live to that time. That's fine."

When Poser was about to say something more, there was a loud scream in front of him: "Stop, stop!" I turned my head and saw a temporary checkpoint at the intersection in front of me. Several triangular iron frames are placed in the middle of the road. On both sides of the road are sandbags with machine guns.

A second lieutenant officer wearing a big brimmed hat. Bringing two fighters with submachine guns, they walked towards our truck. Go to the window on the driver's side. Sternly said: "Comrade soldier, please show your credentials!"

I stood up, leaned on the baffle, and looked down at the officer who was checking his credentials with the help of the flashlight. At the same time, I asked loudly, "Hey, Comrade Commander, which part of you are you?"

The second lieutenant was taken aback by my voice, and quickly raised his flashlight to show it to me. Unexpectedly, after the flashlight only swayed on my face, the second lieutenant quickly put away the flashlight, raised his hand to salute me, and said politely: "Hello, Master Oshanina! We are the housekeeper. From the 10th Division."

Hearing this commander call out my name accurately, I couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade Commander~www.wuxiaspot.com~ do we know each other before?"

Unexpectedly, the second lieutenant’s head was placed like a rattle and replied: "No, I have never seen you. But I heard from my colleagues that the independent division leader who is standing on the Mamayev Hill is a female, and still The only female colonel in the entire army, so when I saw your rank just now, I guessed your identity."

Seeing this commander’s attitude towards me was very friendly, I also said to him with Yan Yuese: "Comrade commander, since you know my identity, can you let us pass? You know, we need to rush to the group army immediately in an urgent matter. headquarters."

"No problem," the commander said, turning around and waving his hand to the back, and immediately five or six soldiers ran out of the sandbag fortification on the side of the road, and moved the tripod blocking the road to the side of the road.

Seeing that the road ahead was clear, the second lieutenant raised his head and said to me: "Colonel Oshanina, the roadblock in front has been removed, and you and your subordinates can go. I wish you all the best!" After that, he stepped back. Two steps, raise your hand to salute me.

I hurriedly raised my hand in return, and said kindly, "Thank you, Comrade Lieutenant. Good luck!" Then I raised my hand and patted the roof of the bridge vigorously, and told the driver loudly: "Drive!" (to be finished! Continued)