Burning Moscow

Oleg rushed to grab the phone and said loudly, "Hey, this is the observation post!" Then, he stopped, seeming to be listening to what the other party said. ````

In the night, on the northern **** of the high ground ahead, countless dark red spots of light flashed densely. This is the enemy and the enemy are shooting at each other. From the flames that erupt from time to time at the foot of the mountain and the smoke of gunpowder, you can see that there are objects that have been blown up and exploded. Apart from the mines of unknown origin, they should be grenades dropped by the commanders on the ground.

Oleg said respectfully from behind: "Comrade Commander, your call is from the Chief of Staff."

I put down the telescope and walked over to pick up the microphone. Soon Akhromeyev's voice came out of the receiver: "Comrade Commander, can you come back to the headquarters immediately?"

Hearing his calm tone, unlike what happened, I didn't ask what was happening in the rush to let me go back. I just said in a very casual tone: "Okay, I will rush back as soon as possible." After speaking, he hung up the phone.

However, I did not go to the headquarters immediately. Instead, I asked Oleg hesitantly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, has the Fourth Regiment laid a mine in front of the position recently?"

Oleg shook his head vigorously and replied decisively, "No, comrade commander, absolutely not. You must know that the enemy's front position is so close to the four regiment position. If there is any trouble, the enemy can definitely be in the first place. Time found out so that they would not stupidly step on the minefield."

"What's going on?" I pointed to the high ground that was fighting in the distance, and said puzzledly: "Since you also said that the four regiments have not laid minefields, then the mines that are exploding in front of their positions. Where are they from? Came out?"

Oleg turned his head and looked at the high ground in the distance. Frowning for a while. Finally, he shook his head and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, comrade commander, I really can't think of it." Then he pointed to the phone by the wall and suggested to me, "Or, call Lieutenant Colonel Gaidar and ask. What is going on?"

When I just wanted to nod. Suddenly remembered that the telephone number of the observation post was the same as that of the command center, and could not communicate freely with the groups. If you want to contact the command of the Fourth Regiment, you must first call Akhromeyev and ask him to notify Heydar, and then the other party will call. Thinking that it would be so troublesome to make a phone call, I retreated, and said to Oleg: "Don't be so troublesome, I'll go back to the headquarters first and figure out what the chief of staff is asking me to talk about."

After speaking, I walked out of the observation post. He shouted outside: "Captain Basmanov."

As I shouted, Basmanov and several other soldiers walked out of the darkness. Came to the front quickly, and asked in a low voice: "Comrade commander, are you going back to the headquarters?"

"Yes, let's go!" I replied briefly.

Surrounded by Basmanov and the soldiers from the guard squad, I returned to the command post smoothly. As soon as he walked in, he unexpectedly found that Captain Mikhayev, the commander of the engineering company, was there, and immediately greeted him excitedly: "Comrade Mikhayev, have you returned from your mission?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Mikhayev quickly turned around, facing me and replied, "I have finished my task and returned."

I took off my coat and asked him: "Comrade Captain, have you cleared a passage in the minefield laid by the Germans on the riverbank?"

Seeing that I was taking off the military coat, Razumeyeva quickly got up and walked to me. When the coat was taken off, she immediately took the coat, walked to the wall and hung it up, and walked back to her own. Sit down.

As I walked towards the wooden table, Kirilov excitedly answered my question instead of Mikhayev: "Comrade Commander, Captain Mikhayev has done better than you think."

"What a good way, Comrade Political Commissar." Kirilov's words aroused my curiosity. As soon as I sat down, I asked impatiently: "He wouldn't be a minefield burying the enemy on the river bank. Is it cleared?"

Kirilov turned his head to look at Bantai Leyev, then at Akhromeyev, and seeing both of them looking at him with a smile, he shrugged and said to me: "This matter, I think It’s more appropriate to let Captain Mikhayev tell you in person.” At this point, he suddenly raised his voice and said to Mikhayev, “Comrade Captain, I’m not here to tell you what you have achieved tonight. Comrade commander gave a detailed report."

Hearing Kirilov’s call, Mikhayev hurriedly took a few steps forward, walked in front of me, and began to report to me about their actions: "Comrade Commander, the situation is like this. I brought soldiers from the minesweeper squad. After we got down to the embankment, the enemy was constantly firing flares. In order to prevent the target from being exposed, we moved forward little by little against the cliff of the embankment.

Since everyone is in a state of high tension, they all feel very tired after walking for about half an hour. Just as I was about to greet everyone to stop and rest, I seemed to be caught in something under my feet. I guessed that I might have encountered a landmine, so I hurriedly gesticulated behind and asked everyone to stop. Then I listened to the sound of enemies nearby, and after listening for a long time, except for the sound of rushing water and the sound of guns coming from the direction of the city, I could no longer hear any movement. I slowly bent down to check and found that the back of my instep was caught by a very thin wire. I hurriedly retracted my foot cautiously and looked aside along the wire, only to see an evil flat circular mine less than one meter away. "

I just heard Mikhayev's feet trip over a landmine, and my heart couldn't help but hang in my throat. It wasn't until he heard that he put his leg back without triggering the mine, and he was relieved with a sigh of relief, patted his chest lightly, and listened to him continue to speak.

"...I squatted down, and with the help of the raised flares, I carefully observed the mine. I saw that on the oblate mine body, there was an inch-high mine hat with a small iron ring on it. , There are several washing wires tied to the iron ring. If any one is touched, it will cause a huge explosion.

For safety reasons. After I took out what was on my body. Turn around and say to the soldiers behind him: ‘Comrades. You stand back a little and watch my movements carefully. If I fail, you have to learn my lesson and try another way to clear mines next time. ’

The squad leader of the mine-sweeping squad heard this, and quickly walked to my side and whispered to me: ‘Comrade company commander, you are a commander, you can’t take risks like this. Let me come, I have more experience than you. ’

Although I have only participated in mine clearance two or three times, I still have some experience in how to deal with mines, so I resolutely rejected the squad leader and ordered him: ‘Don’t you know that the commander’s order is not allowed to be discussed? Take your person back to the back immediately. ’

Seeing that I was determined, the squad leader had to leave a distance, lying not far away and staring at me intently.

When I was clearing mines, the first thing that came to my mind was. This iron ring attached to the wire must be a place of fire. The subordinates have to break it. Thinking of this, I gently held the thin wire with one hand and cut it with a vise with the other. I only heard a creak, and the wire was easily cut by me. After I breathed a sigh of relief, I cut off the remaining wires one by one. In the end, I carefully held the mine and lifted it up slightly. Seeing that there was nothing involved, I held it up directly.

Seeing me holding up the mine, the engineer squad leader hurriedly got up and took the mine to the side to disassemble the mine. After he disassembled the cap first, I used the light of the flares to see clearly that the springs and strikers were inside. …"

"Okay, Captain Mikhayev." Kirilov interrupted him at this moment and urged: "Don't go into this detail, tell Comrade the teacher directly, how do you deal with these mines."

"Yes!" Mikhayev promised, and then went straight to the subject: "We dug out more than 30 landmines on the embankment before and after. We had a hard time dealing with these landmines. Engineer squad leader. It is recommended that these mines be thrown into the river, and another soldier suggested that we take the mines back."

When Mikhayev was telling the story, my mind was still thinking about the landmines of unknown origin in front of the four groups of positions. When I heard him discussing how to dispose of the landmines, my thinking suddenly became clear. I just couldn't figure out things. The thinking became clear in a moment. I stopped him and asked, "Comrade Mikhayev, the mines in front of the four groups were not buried by you, right?"

Before Mikhayev could answer, Bantaiyev had already raised his thumb at me, and even claimed to praise: "Comrade Commander, you are really amazing. Just after hearing half of it, I guessed Captain Mikhayev. How did they deal with those dug out landmines. Yes, they all carried five or six landmines on their backs, and they quietly came to the position of the Fourth Regiment in the dark and buried all the landmines."

"Let me just say that landmines are not crops. If no one is buried, they will not grow out of the ground by themselves." Having said that, I asked Mikhayev with concern: "When you planted the mines, you did not interact with your friends. Is there a misunderstanding?"

"No, no," Mikhayev waved his hands and said, "When we returned, we ran into a patrol from the Fourth Regiment. In addition to sending people to report the letter, the captain also assisted us in laying mines together."

Hearing this, I stood up and walked in front of him, patted his shoulder vigorously, and said approvingly: "Good job, Comrade Lieutenant, you are so beautiful." Speaking of which, I turned around and said to Kirilov and the others: "Comrades commanders, maybe you don’t know that the German troops who attacked the positions of the Fourth Regiment tonight were because they stepped on the mines planted by Captain Mikhayev, not just ahead of time. The target was exposed, and he was blown into flesh and blood by the mines that belonged to him."

"Comrade Commander," Kirilov suggested to me excitedly: "I think we should give Mikhayev and the soldiers of the minesweeper class credit and grant them the honor they deserve."

I nodded and said in agreement: "Comrade Political Commissar, you have always been in charge of this aspect. Please fill out the application form as soon as possible, and find time to hand it to the headquarters of the group army."

The results of Gaidar's battle were reported ten minutes later. In the battle tonight, our army suffered 6 casualties, of which two were sacrificed and one was seriously injured. However, more than 70 Germans who came for the sneak attack were wiped out, and a batch of guns and ammunition were seized. Seeing such results, Kirilov and the others couldn’t help but smile.

I got some inspiration from Mikhayev's report just now. I asked Mikhayev: "Comrade Captain, if you want you to send out the minefield in front of the enemy's forward position, is there a problem?"

Hear me asking. Mikhayev said with some embarrassment: "Comrade commander. The width of the minefield in front of the enemy has reached about one kilometer. I want to eliminate it all overnight, I think this is impossible to accomplish."

"You don't need to dig out all the enemy's mines," I didn't hide my true thoughts, but told him the truth: "I just want you to dig out some of the mines, and then bury these mines in another place."

"Buy the mine in another place?" After Mikhayev repeated my words, he still said blankly: "Comrade Commander, I don't think I understand what you mean."

Seeing him like an unconscious elm bump, I really want to kick him. But because of the next plan. He and his subordinates are still needed to play the leading role, so I had to patiently introduce him: "Since these landmines were artificially produced by Germany to deal with us, when we dig out these landmines, we can also use them to deal with them. What is the taste of these iron watermelons?"

Mikhayev understood what I meant, and immediately beamed his eyes, and said repeatedly: "Comrade Commander, I understand, I understand."

Because his voice was too loud, he alarmed several commanders next to him. After they leaned over, Bantai Leyev asked curiously: "Comrade Captain. You understand what, can you tell us?"

Mikhayev nodded desperately, and then reported to Pantai Leyev: "Comrade Deputy Commander, this is the case. Comrade Commander commanded me to lift out some of the mines in front of the enemy's forward positions, and then bury them where the enemy must pass. Road, let them also taste the taste of these mines they made themselves."

Hearing what Mikhayev said, Pantaiyev became excited. He couldn't wait to say to Kirilov: "Comrade Political Commissar, I think this is a good method. In this way, the enemy will not be able to figure out what we will do. Where did the mines move?"

"Yes, I also think the division commander's idea is good." Akhromeyev stated: "If the enemy still wants to attack us, these shifted mines will cause them heavy casualties. Maybe this is the case. Then, they can only hide themselves in the newly built front fortifications and confront our army."

Kirilov was obviously much calmer than the two commanders. After he raised his hand and looked at his watch, he said to them, "Hey, I said, comrades commanders, don’t get excited. It’s not long before dawn. Time is up. You always want our engineers and soldiers to dig their mines in front of the enemy's positions in broad daylight, right?"

Hearing Kirilov’s criticism, Bantai Leyev and Akhromeyev looked at each other and laughed embarrassedly. Bantai Leyev then said, "I'm sorry, Comrade Political Commissar, we are too proud of ourselves and did not notice this time issue. Forget it, let's wait until the evening." At this point, he turned his head and said to Mikhayev. : "Comrade Captain, you have been tired all night, so go back and have a good rest now, so that until the evening, you will have the energy to perform new tasks."

Mikhayev agreed, raised his hand to salute me, turned and left the headquarters.

After Mikhayev left, Akhromeyev hurriedly said to me: "Comrade Commander, let's hurry up and study where the mines that have been raised should be buried again." Speaking of which, He pointed the map with a red and blue pencil and said to himself, "I think in these places, mines should be planted first."

When Akhromeyev spoke, Kirilov looked at his watch absent-mindedly. I was worried that something might happen to him, so I asked with concern: "Comrade political comrade, do you have anything else to do?"

Kirilov nodded and said: "The three of you are the chief military officers. It is up to you to discuss where to mine the mines. I have to hurry up and fill out Mikhayev's application forms for meritorious service."

"Well, then you go to work." When I heard Kirilov was going to do his own thing, I didn't force him to participate in our small military meeting.

Akhromeyev and Bantaiyev talked a lot about their views on where to build the mine. I think they were reasonable, so they did not express their opinions casually, but sat quietly beside them as the audience. .

After determining the location of the minefield, Akhromeyev took the time to draw a minefield map, handed it to me, and said politely: "Comrade Commander, this is my new map. UU read www.uukanshu. com, can you see what else needs improvement?"

After a few glances, I suddenly came up with new ideas, and immediately said, "Comrade Chief of Staff, I think mines should be laid under the riverbank."

"Breed under the riverbank?" Akhromeyev didn't understand why I said this suddenly, but asked inexplicably, "Why? You know that the enemy may not pass through here. If we bury mines here, That is waste."

I pointed my finger at the map and said to Akhromeyev and Bantaiyev: "Deputy division commander and chief of staff, please look at the embankment here, because we haven't passed through here for a few days to go to their camp. The original tight guard here has been slack. I plan to send a small team to sneak into the German positions along the river bank and beat them severely. The mine on the river bank is just to cover the team's retreat. The purpose of blocking the enemy." (To be continued.)

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