Burning Moscow

Watching the two commanders who had escaped and were caught back, they were escorted out by four soldiers, thinking that there would be two crisp shots outside soon, and then a soldier would come in like a common bridge in the movie. , Reported to Cui Kefu: "Comrade Commander, it has been implemented!"

Unexpectedly, I turned my ears to listen for a long time. I neither heard the gunshots from outside nor saw the soldiers coming in to report the news. Instead, I saw that Cuikov had called Krylov and Weinrub to the table. Two steps forward, I came to the table, just to hear Trikov dictating to Krylov a report to the highest base camp.

When I heard Cui Kefu's report to the highest base camp, I couldn't help but stunned for a moment. Didn't I just shoot two division-level officers and report it to the front army headquarters. Is it necessary to report to the base camp? However, after thinking about it, the 92nd Brigade was a reinforcement unit sent by the Supreme Command to Stalingrad, but shortly after arriving in the city, the top commander of the unit was ordered to be shot and killed by Cuikov. It is indeed necessary to give the base camp an explanation.

After I figured out this link, I also settled down to listen to Cui Koff’s oral report: "...Brigadier Tanasorov and political commissar Andreyev of the 92nd Infantry Brigade, after the fascist Germans launched an offensive against our army, they realized He had to panic and command at a loss. Without the permission of his superiors, he broke away from his command position and shamefully abandoned the troops who trusted him. As a result, the commanders of the brigade from the Baltic Fleet suffered huge losses. Therefore, the towers Nasolov and Andreev have turned on their soldiers’ oaths, tarnished the lofty title of Red Army commanders, and forgot their responsibilities to the motherland. This lies in their panic and cowardice, as well as their absence from combat positions. The behavior caused serious losses to the unit. According to the Command No. 227, the two had been deprived of their military ranks and sentenced to shooting. The sentence has been executed. The 62nd Army Commander Cui Kefu. The evening of September 13, 1942."

Finish the oral report. Cui Koff specifically urged Krylov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, after submitting this report to the Front Army Headquarters and the High Command, it will then be forwarded to the commander of the group army. He also warned everyone that in the next hard battle. No matter who you are, if you violate the military oath, forget your responsibilities to the motherland, tarnish the noble title of a Red Army soldier, behave cowardly and panic, leave the combat position without permission, and surrender to the enemy without fighting, you will be ruthless by the strictest military law. Punishment." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and said weakly: "Well, Comrade Chief of Staff. You go report it."

When Krylov got up to send the report, Cui Koff leaned back, leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes to rest. Wei Yinlubu quickly stepped forward and leaned over and said to him with concern: "Comrade Commander, you haven't rested for several days, so let's go inside and sleep for a while."

Cui Kefu waved his hand, rejected his kindness, and said in a weak voice: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, it's okay, I'll be fine in a while."

Only then did I know why Cui Kefu looked languid. It turned out that he hadn't rested for several days. Originally I wanted to persuade. But seeing that Lieutenant Colonel Weinrub had just hit a wall, I stopped asking myself to be bored.

After a while, Krylov walked back. Standing next to Cui Kefu, he reported to him: "Commander, the telegram has been sent."

Hearing Krylov said that he had finished sending the telegram, Trikov opened his eyes and struggled to stand up, leaning on the edge of the wooden table with both hands, and said to us: "Come and see, after two days of fighting, Rodim Comrade Tsev’s 13th Guards Division has lost more than half. I just ordered Colonel Vachuk, the commander of the 284th Infantry Division, to lead his troops, but took over from the 13th Guards Division’s attack on the station and the Expert Building. He withdrew. The 42nd Guards Regiment. It will be transferred to 107.5 Heights to take over defense from the 3rd Regiment of the Independent Division."

I heard that Trikov sent troops again to take over the defense of 107.5 Heights. I couldn't help sighing secretly, and no matter how many troops were sent to hold on to the high ground, I had to send my troops up to close the gap in the end. However, since someone is taking over the defense, more troops can be freed up to strengthen the defense in the direction of Mamayevgang, which is exactly what I can't ask for.

"What should I do with the 92nd Infantry Brigade? When I went to the deserted island to bring back Tanasorov and the others, I found that there were at least seven or eight hundred people, but they were all army infantry and no sailors. "

After listening to Cui Kefu, he thought about it for a moment, and then he ordered: "Incorporate these infantry and the remaining troops on the 107.5 heights into the 39th regiment of Colonel Ye Lin. After the reorganization is completed, transfer this regiment to the vicinity of the headquarters. Come to serve as a guard."

After Choikov arranged the fate of the remaining commanders of the 92nd Brigade, Krylov and Weinrub were assigned several tasks. After doing all this, Cui Kefu sat down again. Just when I wanted to say goodbye to him, he suddenly looked up at me and asked, "Comrade Oshanina, you are the two who are holding Mamayev Hill. group?"

"The report commander is the first regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Sergeikov and the second regiment of Captain Pugachev."

"Why is the second regiment still the rank of captain?" Krylov murmured aside.

Hearing Krylov’s question, I quickly turned around to report to Krylov respectfully before Trikov asked a new question: “Comrade Chief of Staff, you know, I’m just a colonel and I can only promote my subordinates. The right of a lieutenant-level officer, so even though Comrade Pugachev holds the post of commander of the Second Regiment, he can only give him the rank of captain aggrieved."

"A regimental commander is just the rank of captain. What does it look like? Promote him to major." After hearing what I said, Cui Koff was promoted to Pugachev without hesitation. After taking a look at me, he added: "Also Are there other regiment leaders who are lieutenant officers?"

I quickly nodded and replied: "Yes, Comrade Commander, because the third regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Kosca, was injured, so I was promoted from the regiment to an acting head of the regiment, who is currently the rank of captain. You see?"

"Also promoted to the rank of major. By the way, I remember that your division also has artillery battalions and tank battalions. I believe the military chiefs of these units will not be too high, and all of them should be promoted to majors."

Hearing that Cui Kefu generously promoted the ranks of all my subordinates, I saluted him excitedly and said loudly, "Comrade Commander, thank you!"

Cui Kefu shook his head at me and said, "Don't be too busy to thank me, I still have something to ask you." That's it. He paused for a moment, and then said in a puzzled tone, "On the 107.5 heights on the west side of Mamayevgang. I have sent the tank army, the 39th Guards Regiment, the 42nd Infantry Brigade, and the 92nd Infantry Brigade. Defensively, the result did not last long. These troops had to withdraw because of heavy losses. But the Mamayev post guarded by your division, as far as I know, bears no worse offensive pressure than the 107.5 height. Not only have you repeatedly repelled the enemy's offensives, but the troops themselves have suffered little casualties. The sequence of battles from the stationing in Mamayev Hill has not changed. What is going on?"

"Comrade Commander, it's actually very simple. Because the first and second regiments have built a lot of fortifications on Mamayev Hill. The trenches, air-raid shelters, bullet-proof trenches, shelters and tunnels built by the soldiers, in addition to being able to In addition to hidden troops, even heavy howitzers and tanks can be concealed."

After Cui Kefu listened, he didn't speak, but tapped his fingers on the desktop. After a long time, he nodded slowly and said thoughtfully, "It turns out that it is, I understand."

Krylov took over his words and said: "Comrade Commander. The Independent Division can repeatedly repel the enemy's fierce attacks under the circumstances of enemy aircraft bombardment, relying on the fortifications they built. I am. Seeing that this experience is worth promoting in the entire army.” At this point, he sighed and said regretfully, “Alas, if we build fortifications like the Independent Division earlier, then we will prepare weapons for the 13th Guards Division. Ammunition will not be lost in the bombing of enemy planes."

After Cuikov nodded, he turned to look at Krylov and said, "Comrade Chief of Staff, record the order." After seeing Krylov picking up the pen and paper. Cui Kefu asked again, "How many combat orders should this be for the group army?"

"It's Order 162. Comrade Commander."

After Cui Koff nodded again, he began to announce a new order: "The 62nd command post No. 162 battle order today:

In recent days. During the time when the troops belonging to the group army blew up my ammunition exposed in the Volga River ferry area, at the same time, there was some shortage of ammunition in other places.

Due to fierce fighting and difficulties in the delivery of weapons and ammunition, the command of the group army requires commanders at all levels to cherish every bullet, artillery shell, and every grenade.

In order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, the commander of the group army ordered:

1. Immediately transport the ammunition, fuel and food from the wharf area to the ferry and unload the Volga River bank in a pre-prepared shelter not close to 500 from the shore.

2. Before September 17, 42, all troops must dig trenches, trenches and pits for concealment of ammunition, fuel, and food in every defensive position, wharf (ferry) area, and disperse the ammunition, fuel, and food. Store in small piles.

3. The director of the group army’s engineers will transfer 50 engineers with shovels to the ferry area where the group army is located (Red October Ferry) to dig a pit.

4. The excavation of pits and trenches in the ferry area on the east bank of the Volga River was carried out in accordance with the instructions of the Group Army Logistics Minister.

5. All those who have not taken protective measures for the above-mentioned materials, that is, those who still expose the ammunition, fuel and food to outsiders, should immediately be sent to the military court for trial.

6. Group army logistics ministers, artillery directors, armored corps directors and fuel division chiefs, army commanders, division commanders and brigade commanders must strictly inspect the implementation of orders, and personally report the inspection results to the group army commander before September 18, 42 .

Signature: Lieutenant General Cui Kefu, Commander of the Group Army Command

Major General Krylov, chief of staff of the headquarters. "

Seeing Krylov walking towards the operator with a new order, he couldn’t help but feel that Cui Koff was really a man of vigor and resoluteness. I just said a few words about the benefits of fortifications in battle, and he immediately issued a similar one. command.

At this point, my mission to the group army headquarters has been completed, so I took the initiative to say to Cui Kefu: "Comrade Commander, there is nothing for me here. Can I leave?"

Cui Kefu thought for a while and said, "Well, you go back first. I'll contact you again if you have anything to do."

After I raised my hand to salute Cui Kefu, I was about to turn around and leave. But Krylov, who had just returned, was stopped: "Hey, Colonel Oshanina, don't rush to leave. I still have something to ask you."

When Krylov called me, I had to stop. He turned around obediently, waiting for the command of the chief of staff of the group army.

Seeing Krylov retained me again, Cui Kefu asked curiously: "Chief of Staff, you let Comrade Oshaninna stay, is there anything else you want to explain?"

Krylov quickly explained to Cui Koff: "Comrade Commander, this is the case. During the day, Comrade Oshanina sent more than 20 teams and 20 snipers into the city. He had a fight with the Germans. Urban guerrilla warfare. I received a report from Kirilov, the director of the political department of the group army, that is, the political commissar of the independent division and division, saying that they had killed more than 400 enemies, and our army had only killed ten people." Speaking of which, Clay Love became excited, "Commander, the battle damage ratio is 1:40. Forty people died in the enemy, and our army only suffered one casualty. What a remarkable result!"

Trikov heard what Krylov said. My eyes suddenly lit up, I stood up abruptly, stared at me and asked in an unbelievable tone: "Comrade Oshanina. Is this true?"

I nodded embarrassedly and replied affirmatively: "Yes, Comrade Commander. When you ordered me to lead my troops to reinforce the 92nd Brigade this afternoon, you reported it to you. Have you forgotten it?"

As soon as I finished speaking, Cui Koff slapped his forehead fiercely, and said annoyedly: "Yes, yes, Colonel Oshanina. You said that, I am a little impressed. But I am also anxious. I lost my head. I interrupted your report without waiting for you to finish. Blame me, blame me, blame me for this."

After talking to me, he turned his head and said to Krylov: "I really didn't expect that the results of guerrilla warfare in this city were so great, more enemies than our brigade or even a division eliminated in the battle. ."

After Krylov heard this, he just smiled and nodded, and then asked me: "Comrade Oshanina, I want to hear, do you have any new ideas for the next battle?"

I thought about it, and said hesitantly: "There are two plans."

"Oh, there are actually two plans. Come and listen!" Hearing that I have new ideas, not only Krylov, but even Trikov became excited, and urged me: "Hurry up." Talk about it."

"The first plan is to hope that the commander can mobilize a large number of sharpshooters from the units of the group army, train them to become snipers, and then distribute them to all corners of the city to hunt down German soldiers. Although every sniper The results of the hand will not be too great, but the number of snipers who cannot hold us back is large. Maybe they have achieved greater results than we achieved when we launched a large-scale counterattack."

After Cui Kefu carefully wrote down what I said in the notebook, he asked without looking up: "This plan is good, I think it can be implemented immediately. What about another one?"

"There is another plan." When I was about to talk about the second plan, I suddenly thought of Kirilov's expression after hearing my plan, and couldn't help but hesitate.

Seeing that I hadn’t spoken yet, Cuikov and Krylov turned their attention away from the current notebook, looked up at me, and after a glance at each other, Krylov asked incomprehensibly: "Say, Osha Comrade Ning Na, why didn't you tell me? Your first plan is very good, and I believe the second plan will be even better!"

"Come on, Comrade Oshaninna," Cui Kefu echoed, "I'm all old acquaintances. Just say what you think of. Don't have any scruples. Even if you say something wrong, we won't blame you."

As soon as Cui Koff’s words were uttered, I knew I was riding a tiger, so I gritted my teeth, pointed at the location of Mamayev Hill on the map, and said to them: "My second plan is to use water instead of soldiers. 'It means blasting open the five or six hundred meters of river embankment in front of Mamayev Hill, allowing the Volga River to overflow, and turning a radius of hundreds of square kilometers into an insurmountable swamp."

After saying this, I hurriedly backed up two steps and straightened my body at the same time, ready to endure the violent anger of Cuikov and Krylov.

Unexpectedly, two or three minutes later, the two of them were still leaning over the table, studying the map intently. Even Lieutenant Colonel Wei Yinlubu, who had been playing soy sauce next to him, leaned in to see what they were looking at.

After a long while, Cui Kefu stood up straight and asked me blankly, "Colonel Oshanina, this so-called ‘Replacement of Soldiers with Water’ plan is the second plan you call?"

"Yes. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com" Upon hearing Cui Koff’s question, I quickly replied: "Once a large area of ​​the river is formed on the grassland north of Mamayevgang, then the German armored forces, It is impossible to launch an offensive on the north side of our city as brazenly as it is now. In this way, our defensive pressure will be reduced, and at the same time, we can deploy extra troops to reinforce other dangerous areas."

Cui Kefu did not comment on my shocking plan, but turned to ask Krylov, who was still looking at the map: "What do you think, Comrade Chief of Staff?"

Krylov looked at the map for a while, then stood up straight and said: "Comrade Commander, the area chosen by Colonel Oshanina has gentle water flow. Even if the river embankment is blasted, it will be difficult to reach what she said. Kind of effect."

After listening to Krylov’s statement, Cuikov nodded in agreement and said, “To be honest, this plan sounds attractive, but it’s not so easy to implement. It’s less than a dozen meters thick for the river embankment that is tens of meters thick. Ten tons of explosives cannot be exploded." (to be continued)

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