Burning Moscow

Listening to Lieutenant Trafkin talking about the fact that there was a Romanian cavalry unit stationed on both sides of our marching route the night before, I was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat. ＋◆Although this wide grassland does not use the German army to use armored forces on a large scale, it is the most suitable area for cavalry. Fortunately, our actions were not discovered by the Romanians, otherwise the small troops we stayed near the camp would be unable to stop them. As long as their cavalry rushes into our marching queue, it will evolve into a one-sided slaughter.

Thinking of this possibility, I shuddered. After a moment of silence, I seriously asked: "Comrade Lieutenant, have you figured out how many enemy forces each has in these two camps?"

Trafkin nodded and replied confidently: "Report to Comrade General. After one day of reconnaissance, we have basically figured out the situation in these two camps. The cavalry unit stationed in the south is the 6th Romanian Cavalry Division. The 12th Dragoon Regiment of the Cavalry Brigade. The organization of the regiment is: Regiment Headquarters, Guard Platoon, Communications Platoon, and Engineering Platoon; four cavalry battalions, each battalion has 4 platoons with a total of 178 soldiers and 13 light machine guns; one Heavy weapons battalion, including 16 60mm mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, and 4 75mm field guns. In the camp of the 20th Infantry Division on the north side, there is only one infantry company, except for one heavy machine gun and four light machine guns. In addition, no other heavy weapons were found. In their camp, a large number of trucks were found."

Pantai Leyev waited for Travkin to finish, slapped his opponent on the shoulder twice, and said excitedly: "Comrade Lieutenant, you are really great. You have made the enemy's situation so clear." Then he asked. I recommend. "Comrade commander. Do you think we should send a troop to take off the Romanian army truck camp?"

"I agree," I immediately agreed to Pantaiyev's proposal. "As long as we get these trucks in hand, then we can carry as much of the baggage in the city as possible back to Mamaye. Fugang. At present, the supply in the city is very difficult, and the group army cannot provide us with too much help. Therefore, the supply of the troops can only be solved by myself." Having said this, I habitually raised my hand and looked at it. Said Shejerikov, why haven't they come back? After he arrives, the group can transfer a battalion to perform this task.

When I was still thinking about which battalion I should give the task to, I suddenly heard Bantai Leyev asking again: "Comrade Lieutenant, I'm very curious, how did you get surrounded by the Germans?"

Hearing this question asked by Pantai Leyev also aroused my interest. I quickly raised my head and looked at Trafkin, wanting to hear how he answered.

Lieutenant Trafkin smiled embarrassedly. He replied: "According to the instructions of superiors, when we are performing reconnaissance missions behind the enemy, we cannot fight with the enemy, cannot capture prisoners, and avoid exposure.

For the first two days, we strictly followed the orders of our superiors. But on the third day, there was an accident. When our squad was marching in waist-deep weeds, it was accidentally spotted by a German convoy passing by on the road in the distance, so hundreds of soldiers jumped out of the car and pressed from all directions.

During the retreat, we successfully crossed a swamp after losing two fighters. Since the soldiers responsible for carrying the full platoon of grain were also among the victims, after passing through the marshland, our small army ran out of food. In order to supplement food, we had to hide near the German hospital, attack the wounded soldiers who had just been discharged from the hospital, and seize the limited food they carried. "

"Why are you attacking the wounded?" Bantai Lev asked curiously.

Travkin looked at Pantai Leyev and replied solemnly: "Comrade Colonel, this is easy to explain, because the wounded soldier just came out of the hospital, even if he is missing, it will not arouse suspicion. The hospital will think that he is back to the army. But the troops thought he was in the hospital."

"Since the enemy's wounded soldiers have been dealt with silently by you," Bantai Leyev was obviously dissatisfied with Telfkin's answer, and asked in surprise: "How did the enemy discover it?"

"That's it, Comrade Colonel. According to the air force's reconnaissance, in a railway station in our reconnaissance area, at least one division's German tanks seemed to be docked. We had to figure out what was going on. On the way to the railway station. , We found several covered trucks resting on the side of the road. Judging from their driving direction, they should be heading towards the station, so I asked the deputy platoon leader to take two fighters to climb while the enemy was not paying attention. Get on the truck and take the truck to the station for reconnaissance.

As soon as the vehicle entered the station, before it had time to stop, our military plane appeared and bombarded the station indiscriminately. And our scouts got out of the car in the chaos, while avoiding the falling bombs in the air, while eliminating the enemies who found themselves. When they risked their lives and rushed to the station where the smoke billowed, they discovered that the tank of the so-called tank division was nothing more than a pile of wooden models. When the three of them were moving, they encountered a German officer with several soldiers. After a short battle, a soldier died. The deputy platoon leader and another soldier successfully escaped from the station and snatched a package of documents from the killed German officer. Perhaps it was this operation that made the Germans discover that our reconnaissance forces exist in their hinterland, so they mobilized troops, including the SS, to encircle us. "

"Comrade Lieutenant, in the package of documents you seized." I and Pantai Lev have different concerns. He is concerned about how Trafkin and them were discovered by the Germans, but what I care about is in the package. Thing, "What important documents are there?"

When Trafkin heard my question, he turned around and replied politely, "It's the deployment situation of the 297th German Infantry Division and the assembly location of the 24th Armored Division."

Although such information is important, it is of little use to us, so I nodded and said casually: "Understood. Comrade Lieutenant, let's talk about your next thing."

Trafkin agreed, and went on to say: "We rushed to the armored division assembly site mentioned in the document the night before, which is an abandoned quarry 80 kilometers southwest of the city of Kong Nieyi. We saw hundreds of tanks that had just been unloaded from the train. Assembling was in progress. Our scouts were in the process of reconnaissance. They captured a staff officer of the armored division and seized important documents from him. I guess it was the disappearance of this staff officer carrying important documents, which attracted the attention of the German army. They mobilized a large number of troops to conduct searches in the area where we operated in units of companies and platoons.

During the transfer, we encountered a German armored vehicle. I immediately ordered my soldier to lie down on the spot, hiding in the weeds on the side of the road. The armored car stopped not far in front of us. The Germans in the car seemed to have heard something, but few of them didn't come down to search. They just used the car machine gun and the submachine gun in their hands to shoot at the place where we were hiding.

After a burst of fire, they saw no movement in the grass and the armored vehicle drove forward again. However, in the enemy's fire, our unit suffered a lot. Three soldiers died, two were wounded, and the radio station carried by the radio operator Nastya was destroyed. In order to timely detect the intelligence. Report to the superior, after we bury the sacrificed comrades in arms. He also changed the direction to advance toward the depth of the enemy, preparing to seize a radio station from the enemy's hands if necessary, and report the intelligence to the division. "

Hearing what he said, I said with a smile, "So that's how it is, Comrade Lieutenant. It seems that you found the radio station soon and contacted us unexpectedly during the plain-language conversation."

"After daybreak, when we were passing a bridge guarded by the Germans, we accidentally found a hut on the other side of the river. There seemed to be a German radio operator in contact with the superiors. I decisively gave orders to let the soldiers go downstream. Crossing the river, I wanted to take the enemy’s radio station. It started very smoothly. We found a flat river section downstream, stripped our clothes on our head and crossed the river. Of course, even the prisoner also went with us. After we got ashore, we put on our clothes and quietly approached the small house with the radio station in batches."

When Lieutenant Trafkin said that they were all stripped naked and crossing the river, I couldn’t help but shift my thoughts to Nastya. I was secretly wondering if this young female soldier was stripped naked like the male soldier. Swim across the river. When I concentrated on thinking again, Trafkin’s story had already come to the back, "...The Germans on the bridge heard the gunshots and rushed over with their weapons, and the machine gun on the opposite bridge was also turned around. Head over, fired at us. Seeing that the enemy had discovered it, the soldiers also jumped out from their hiding places, and their guns also sounded. For a while, gunfire on both sides of the bridge continued, and there were continuous Germans and us. The soldiers were knocked down by the flying bullets. The screams of despair and the wailing kept pouring into my ears. After the battle went on for a while, I saw high dust rising in the distance, which seemed to be the enemy When the reinforcements arrived, they ordered the troops to retreat.

My deputy platoon commander pushed me hard beside him and shouted loudly: Lieutenant, you lead the people to evacuate first, I will lead the enemy away. After shouting this sentence, the deputy platoon commander and the three soldiers fired shots from the German army who came after them, and ran in a different direction from ours.

After we successfully got rid of the enemy, we found a hidden place, and I ordered Nastya to report to the superior immediately. At the same time, counting the number of people, we found that there were only 14 people left. In just one day, we had 10 soldiers sacrificed. "

After listening, Pantai Leyev asked with concern: "Have you been in contact with your superiors?"

"Comrade Colonel, unfortunately, no." Trafkin replied with a wry smile: "Perhaps the radio was hit by a collision during our transfer and malfunctioned and could not be used normally. Because the location was exposed, the German search force quickly Encircled from all sides, we were forced to move again.

A squad leader, Sergeant Yegor, led three soldiers in front of the vanguard, while the remaining soldiers and I followed them at a distance. When we approached a campsite a few days ago, I suddenly had an unknown premonition, so I stopped and planned to send someone to call Yegor and the others back. At this moment, a cannonball screamed and landed in the middle of the front team with a sharp scream. Only hearing a loud bang, the four fighters were blown into all directions in the flames.

‘Stay down! I yelled and gave orders to the soldiers. I saw a tank out of the grass in the distance and appeared in my field of vision. The nasty steel beast shook off the floating soil and weeds on the body. Charged toward us aggressively. Fifty or sixty German soldiers also emerged from the grass. The dog started to impact behind the tank.

now. I understand that we were caught in the enemy's ambush circle, and quickly ordered everyone to fight and withdraw. Fortunately, the four fighters overwhelmed by the bomb blast did not sacrifice all of them. Although Yegor and another fighter suffered serious injuries, they were still able to fight. With the cover of giving up their lives, we succeeded in getting rid of them. The enemy.

As we found that the return path was tightly blocked by the enemy, we could only take the enemy to circle in this area until we were besieged by the Germans on a nearby hillside during the day. Comrade General. You know the rest, so I won’t repeat it here. "

I pointed to the communication room next to him and said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, there is our radio station there, and you should be able to contact your superiors. Go there and report the information you have detected to your superiors."

Travkin gave me a grateful look, saluted me and Pantai Leyev, turned and left.

Seeing Trafkin's back, I can't help but think of the Romanian military camp with only one company, as long as we seize it. Looking for another group of commanders who can drive, I will be sure to store most of the supplies stored in Kongkouyi City. Transport back to Mamayev Hill.

Just thinking about it, Sergeikov and Koska, under the leadership of Corporal Mikhailov, entered the trenches and were walking towards us. Seeing the oncoming Lieutenant Colonel Kosca, I was so angry that I replaced Major Godunov to command the three regiments. It is estimated that he can command better than him. After all, he has been away from the army for too long. No matter it is the commander and the soldiers below, they are very strange to him, so it's weird to be able to command the troops well.

Koska might have noticed that my face was ugly. He walked in front of me, and after saluting me with Sergeikov, he bowed his head and said nothing, and honestly waited for my attack.

I did not respond to him, but smiled and shook hands with Sergeikov, praised him and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, it’s good, it’s really good. Your team performed really well in today’s battle. The enemy’s position was easily captured, and the casualties did not seem to be large."

Sergeikov, who received my commendation, couldn’t help but proudly said: "Comrade Commander, have you forgotten that when our regiment was still on the northern highlands, you called us for a meeting. At that time, I expressed my opinion to you. , Saying that the Germans we hold on cannot be taken down, but if we change the position we hold on to attack the Germans, even if there are two, we will also win it. How about it, I am not bragging?"

I didn't say anything about Sergeikov's complacency, just smiled and nodded. Then I greeted Captain Nicholas who followed him: "Hello, comrade Captain. Originally, you let your troops pretend to attack. Unexpectedly, at the end of the fight, you actually turned the fake attack into a real attack, and there is no artillery cover. Under the circumstances, he took the enemy’s hill in one fell swoop."

After Nikolai stepped forward to salute me and Pantai Leyev, he said with a serious expression: "Comrade Commander, the soldiers were very encouraged by what you said at the funeral in the morning. When the army was suppressed by enemy fire, suddenly a soldier stood up bravely braving the enemy’s bullets and shouted loudly: “Comrades, don’t forget what the commander said, go forward, go forward!” Under the leadership of this soldier, The soldiers who had been lying on the ground also got up from the ground and rushed towards the enemy's position."

After listening to what Nicholas said, I asked with interest: "Comrade Captain, where is the soldier you mentioned? I want to see him."

Nikolai lowered his head and said sadly: "Report to the commander, this soldier died heroically in the battle."

Hearing that the soldier who stood up bravely at the critical moment died, I sighed regretfully, and then said: "Captain Nicholas, although this soldier died, he used his life and blood to maintain a battalion. He and his own honor have also made an indelible contribution to the defense of our motherland. Not only you, I want to thank him, all the commanders and fighters of the independent division should thank him and remember his great achievements. Please be in the right place. When I passed, relayed my words to the commanders of the first battalion."

Because of the emotion, Captain Nicholas's eyes were red. He nodded vigorously and assured me: "Please rest assured, the commander, I will definitely convey what you said to the commanders in the camp verbatim."

After speaking with Sergeikov and Nikolai, I turned around and looked at Koska, who was standing next to me, and said angrily: "Lieutenant Colonel Koska. Your troops are fighting well. The attack is empty in the early morning. In Yicheng. You were the unit with the least casualties. In the battle that ended just now, the other two battalions bravely rushed up against the enemy’s rain of bullets. And how about your unit? What a good performance, a few hundred numbers. People were lying on the ground a few hundred meters away from the German position, shooting their guns cracklingly. Did you tell the Germans specifically that you were playing a feign attack? Did you want to tell the Germans that the fake attack here would not be right? You pose a threat, you should rest assured and boldly use your forces elsewhere, right?"

I said this angrily, and Corsca is not a fool. He should be able to hear my dissatisfaction with him from the honorific words I used to him and a series of irony. As soon as I finished speaking, he blushed and apologized to me: "Comrade Master, I was wrong. I promise I will never..."

"What, next time?" This time it was Pantai Leyev. He pointed to Kosca's nose and cursed: "This idiot, idiot, as the head of the regiment, he can't even command his troops. In the end, you actually have to take the guard company to charge yourself. I don’t think you deserve to be a regimental commander. At most you can be a company commander."

Kosca, who was scolded by Pantai Lev, had a pale face, perhaps at this moment. He thought he had really been downgraded from regimental commander to company commander. I saw him open his mouth, and seemed to want to make a few excuses, but in the end he said nothing. Although I have become calm after I scolded Koska, when Pantai Leyev taught him, I did not stand up and finish the game. Only when Pantai Leev scolded him, I guess he will Learn this lesson.

After finally waiting for Pantai Leyev to vent, I coughed and said slowly: "Well, Lieutenant Colonel Kosca, immediately take your troops back to the city and assist the third battalion in capturing us. Everything is moved out of the city."

Kosca didn't know if he was scolded by Pantai Leev. After listening to my order, he asked stupidly: "Comrade Master, why do you want to move the baggage from the city to the outside of the city?"

I kicked him, and said with a smile: "I think you were clever before and now confused. You think we have taken the city of Kuangkieyi and seized a large amount of military supplies from the German army. Will the Germans give up? It's just that they don't send the ground. When the troops come, they will also send planes to bomb them. Do you want all the materials we seized to be reduced to ashes in the bombing?"

Hearing what I said, Ke Sijia suddenly realized that, he quickly agreed, saluted us, turned around and took his subordinates and left in a hurry.

Seeing Kesijia leave, Sederikov also hurriedly asked me for instructions: "Comrade commander, since the third regiment is going to help carry supplies, what are the tasks of the remaining troops of our regiment?"

"Serebryan's second battalion stuck to the high ground, and Captain Nicholas's first battalion immediately entered the city to participate in the work of moving supplies." Having said that, I raised my hand and looked at my watch, and continued: "Xie Jerry Lieutenant Colonel Cove, please remember that the Germans will not leave us too much time, and their planes will come back to bomb them at any time. So you must give priority to transporting the seized guns, ammunition, food, medicine and other materials outside the city. As for the leftovers You can carry as many military uniforms and quilts as you put down. Do you understand?"

"Understand, I promise to complete the task." After Sergeikov expressed his attitude to me, he raised his hand to salute, and quickly left with Nikolai and other commanders and guards.

After seeing Sergeikov and Kosca leaving one after another, Pantai Leyev said anxiously: "Comrade Commander, why didn't you assign the task of attacking the Romanian battalion to any of them?"

I waved my hand and said relaxedly: "Comrade deputy commander, it is only a trivial matter to take the Romanian military camp and seize the truck inside. Our task now is to seize the time to transfer supplies and minimize losses."

Seeing me with a confident look, Pantai Leyev asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, you don't want to wait for the materials in the city to be moved, and then deploy a force from it to perform the task, right?" When I answered, he asked and answered, "After the troops have moved their supplies, they have to march more than ten kilometers in a hurry to attack the enemy’s camp. If the commanders and fighters participating in the battle are exhausted, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. In this way, our casualties in the battle will increase."

"Comrade deputy commander, I understand very well that the commanders of these battalions have been very tired after a long march and two consecutive battles." I said lightly: "So the task of attacking the Romanian camp, I never thought about it. Use these battalions."

"You don't need these battalions, so where do you plan to use troops?" Pantai Leyev just asked this question, suddenly his face suddenly realized, "Oh, I see, you want to use four. The third camp of the regiment."

"Exactly correct. Since last night, the 4th Regiment and 3rd Battalion has stayed in that camp without moving. It is estimated that the commanders below must not be able to restrain it. If you entrust this kind of combat task to them, I believe I will be able to achieve my ideals. The result of the battle."

Hearing what I said, Pantai Leyev looked eager to try. After he reached out and took his left and right hands, he confidently said to me: "Comrade Commander, I'll give you the command of the Fourth Regiment and the Third Battalion."

Seeing him take the initiative to ask for a fight, I didn't like to pour cold water on him, so I nodded in agreement. However, for the sake of safety, I took the initiative to propose: "Comrade deputy commander, since you are going to command the 4th regiment and 3rd battalion to carry out combat missions, in addition to bringing a platoon of guards and platoon soldiers, we will bring all the tanks and armored vehicles we captured. Right~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I didn't expect Pantai Leyev to wave his hands after hearing me say that, "No need, no need. The Romanians had only one company of troops, and a battalion of five or six hundred of us rushed up, and it was easy to wipe them out. It is better to keep the tanks and armored vehicles, if the enemy comes to attack, they can be used for no small purpose. "

"Comrade Deputy Commander, no, no, resolutely no." Seeing Pantai Lev's unwillingness to bring tanks and armored vehicles with him, I knew in my heart that he was not too troublesome, but worried that the Germans would have lost control of the city and the high ground. Sending heavy troops to counterattack, leaving tanks and armored vehicles behind can strengthen our heavy firepower. But I am also worried about him. Although the Romanians have only one company, if a light infantry without heavy weapons is allowed to attack a fortress, the battle may fall into a stalemate. If the Romanian cavalry comes, they can I was attacked by the enemy, so I insisted in a strong manner: "You must take both the tanks and armored vehicles, so that you can destroy the enemy in the shortest time and seize the trucks we need. After the enemy’s camp is attacked, if you can’t do it as soon as possible Resolve the battle in a timely manner. Once the nearby Romanian Cavalry Division and the German 295th Division come to reinforce them, you will be in danger."

Seeing my stubborn opinion, Bantai Leyev knew that he couldn't argue with me, so he reluctantly agreed to my request. (To be continued...)

!!