Burning Moscow

"What, what did you say?" As the current noise coming from the headphones was so loud, I was afraid that I had heard it wrong, so I rechecked it aloud: "You said you found a new prisoner-of-war camp built by the Germans?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Savchenko said affirmatively: "According to the prisoner's confession, more than 1,700 of our commanders and soldiers were held in this prisoner of war camp."

"Are there wounded in the POW camp?" Thinking of the current shortage of medicines in the division's health clinic, in order to determine whether I will be able to receive the wounded in the prisoners in the future, I couldn't help asking: "Or do you know the exact number of wounded?"

"There were more than 600 wounded, all with minor injuries and no serious injuries. According to the prisoner's confession, when the prisoner-of-war camp was moving, the Germans shot and killed all the severely wounded who had difficulty in moving."

"Assholes, these **** German beasts!" When Savchenko said that the Germans shot and killed the seriously wounded captured by our army, I was so angry that I slammed a fist on the table, and yelled: "Sooner or later there will be One day, we asked them to collect this blood debt."

"What about these prisoners?" Savchenko asked me for instructions.

Hearing Savchenko’s question, I immediately said viciously: “What else can I do? Of course, I will kill them all without leaving a living.” I was thinking in my heart, the Germans are so powerful that I can’t do anything with you, but kill a few. It's okay to be a traitor who helps the abuser.

Unexpectedly, Savchenko quickly dissuaded my impulsive decision: "Comrade commander, you can't kill, these prisoners must not be killed?"

"Why can't you kill?" I asked dullly. Savchenko's act of pleading for a few prisoners whom I didn't know before made me very puzzled, "You can never take a few prisoners. Go through the enemy's blockade and return to our defense zone, right?"

Savchenko may have heard the dissatisfaction in my tone, and quickly explained to me: "Among the three prisoners we caught, there was a sergeant. He said he was Mrs. Harco and was forced to surrender to the Germans. Yes. If we don’t kill him, he’s willing to commit crimes."

"Deal with crime?!" When I heard this word, I couldn't help but sneer. Then he asked: "How is he going to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds?"

"Comrade commander, this is the case." Savchenko said respectfully: "This sergeant said that the commander of their battalion, Captain Nicholas. He is a fellow villager. I heard that there is a Karpov camp anyway. , Received our forgiveness and preferential treatment, so their battalion commander was also tempted and wanted to get in touch with us. See if there is the same opportunity anyway."

Savchenko’s words made me even more shocked than when I heard the prisoner of war camp. Could it be that Karpov’s really brought a chain reaction anyway, and the rest of the Eastern Camp wanted to break away from the German control. Come back to our army? Thinking of this, I pondered for a moment, and then said carefully to Savchenko, "Comrade Savchenko, although the captive said so. But you still ask clearly when and when Captain Nikolai said this sentence. How high is the credibility?"

Before I could finish speaking, Savchenko asked first: "Comrade commander. If the prisoner's account is completely true, can I contact the commander of the Eastern Battalion, Captain Nicholas?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Savchenko." Although I heard that Dongfang Camp wanted to do it anyway, I didn't feel happy at all. Instead, I said vigilantly, "Although the prisoner said it seems to be true, but After all, his level is too low. There are some things he can't do at all, so he still needs to be cautious. "Speaking of which. I paused and thought about it, and then told Savchenko: "You go and interrogate the prisoner again, and you will report to me when you have some definite news."

I put down the headset and the microphone, and found Kirilov and the three of them standing nearby. Kirilov was the first to be concerned and stable: "Comrade Oshanina, what happened, I just saw you get angry."

I glanced at him and said with a bitter face: "Comrade Political Commissar, you can't help but get angry. The village that Oberstein's political commissar led the night assault troops shelled out, and the Germans in it have all been evacuated at some point. After the withdrawal. , They set up a prisoner-of-war camp there, and at the same time sent a Dongfang camp guard. When the Germans moved the prisoner-of-war camp, they shot all the seriously wounded who could not move."

Kirillov and the three of them were stunned by my information. After a while, Kirillov took the lead and said: "The Germans are so cunning. They actually took advantage of the fact that our army could not go deep behind them for reconnaissance. At the same time, I quietly transferred the troops, and at the same time set up a prisoner-of-war camp for our army’s prisoners of war in that village, just to make our air force think that the village is all Germans, and let our air force’s bombs blow up all of our people. dead."

"What should we do next?" Bantai Leyev asked next.

At this moment, I thought of Savchenko’s last few words, and said to them: "By the way, there is something I almost forgot to tell you. Comrade Savchenko said, the commander of the Eastern Battalion who took care of the POW camp I also want to imitate Captain Karpov and lead his troops to surrender to our army. What do you think about this matter?"

"It won't be so coincidental," Akhromeyev said tentatively in a skeptical tone: "Captain Karpov didn't take long anyway, and soon there will be troops from the Eastern Battalion. Matter. This is not a conspiracy of the enemy, is it?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, you are overwhelmed." Bantaiyev said unexpectedly: "Just as Comrade Commander said some time ago, the Karpov camp is not just that we won a troop. The political significance of this is immeasurable. Perhaps these officers and soldiers of the Eastern Battalion were not liquidated after seeing Karpov's return to us, so they all moved their minds anyway."

Seeing that Akhromeyev wanted to open his mouth to argue with Bantaiyev, I quickly raised my hand to stop them, and said to myself: "I will let Savchenko go to interrogate the prisoners again, and wait for the specific situation to be dealt with. After being clear, I will discuss the next step." At this point, I asked Akhromeyev straightforwardly: "Comrade Chief of Staff. Are the other two reconnaissance teams back?"

Akhromeyev shook his head, raised his hand to look at his watch, and replied, "It's not long before dawn. It is estimated that they will be back soon."

While talking, Basmanov's voice came from the door: "Reporter Commander, the squad that went to the enemy's position to reconnaissance is back. Let them come in?"

"Let the comrades leading the team in." Akhromeyev commanded briefly.

For a moment, two soldiers wearing helmets and army raincoats and carrying submachine guns walked in. Akhromeyev stepped out of us and greeted the two of us. At the same time, he asked loudly: "Have you figured out the enemy's situation?"

"Yes, Comrade Major," the two scouts replied in unison.

"Now that the situation is clear. Come down and start reporting." Akhromeyev pointed at a soldier and said, "You will report first."

"Yes!" The scout agreed and began to report on their reconnaissance situation: "Report Comrade Commander, my team is ordered to conduct reconnaissance near the 107.5 heights. I took two soldiers from the eastern **** of the highlands quietly. I climbed up to the ground and carefully observed the enemy’s camp. I found that there were not many German troops on the high ground, with less than one company."

"What? Less than a company?" Akhromeyev interrupted him in surprise without waiting for him to speak. After looking at the rank on his collar, he solemnly asked: "Comrade Sergeant, Are you sure you read it right?"

The scout sergeant shook his head and replied like a rattle: "Comrade Major, yes, I am absolutely not mistaken. In order to determine the accuracy of the intelligence, I personally entered the trenches. I quietly touched the outside of several hidden departments. , To eavesdrop on what’s happening inside. After repeated verifications, there is no more than one company of Germans currently stationed on the high ground."

After Akhromeyev finished listening. Turning to look at us, and seeing that we were both silent, he turned his head and asked another scout: "Where are you, comrade Corporal?! You and your squad are going to scout the German forward positions. You again What do you see? Just now the sergeant said that there is less than one company left on the 107.5 height. What is the situation with you. There will be only one German company left, right?"

The scout corporal shook his head and denied Akhromeyev's guess. Just when I thought the corporal could tell us something we could accept. He said in shock, "The enemy in that position does not have a company at all, there is only one platoon at best, and it is not a German, but a group of Italians."

Fortunately, none of us wear glasses, otherwise after hearing this news from him, a pile of broken glass will appear under our feet. Akhromeyev seemed unable to accept the results of such reconnaissance. When he was about to continue to ask questions, he was interrupted by Deputy Commander Pantaiyev: "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, don't ask. I believe the scouts. Comrades are telling the truth." After speaking, he waved to the two scouts and told them: "There is nothing to do with you here, so go and rest." Hearing his order, the scout raised his hand to salute us. Later, he turned and left.

After the scouts left, Bantai Leyev asked me thoughtfully: "Comrade Commander, tell me that there are no Germans in the defensive line near us, so where did they go? ?"

"Perhaps it was secretly transferred to the west to reinforce their friendly forces." Kirilov said with a little uncertainty: "But the Germans are too courageous, and they only leave so little troops to contain them. Are we not afraid that we will copy their back path?"

After summarizing the reports of the scouts, I finally understand why the Germans have been standing still in the Mamayevgang area recently~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It turned out that it was not that they did not want to fight, and that there were no soldiers to fight us. Now that I have seen through the Germans' emptiness, I should act next. Since they want to make a fool of themselves, I don't mind teaching them a good meal. If you know how to play tricks, the Chinese are their ancestors. Thinking of this, I quickly greeted Kirilov and Bantai Leyev: "Political commissar, deputy division commander, let’s discuss how to take advantage of the free time of the German defense line to implement a bold adventure and teach the enemy severely. , So they have to relocate their troops back from the factory area or other locations."

When we sat back at the table and were about to discuss the details of the action, Razumeyeva, who was sitting by the wall, suddenly stood up and shouted: "Comrade Commander, Comrade Savchenko is calling. phone."

I was about to stand up, but Kirilov raised his hand to stop him. He waved his head at Akhromeyev and said, "Comrade Chief of Staff, you can answer this call."

Akhromeyev nodded, stood up and walked to Razumeyeva. Seeing Kirilov sitting next to me smiling at me, I knew in my heart that the reason why he asked Akhromeyev to answer the call was to protect me. You know that Karpov and the others were instigated last time, and they almost caused trouble. If this time they instigated other troops without asking for instructions, it might really cause me unnecessary trouble. (To be continued)