Red Moscow

While the tank brigade was marching, Ruhlie frowned when he saw the billowing gunpowder smoke rising in front of him.

Seeing his expression, the chief of staff asked curiously, "Comrade Brigadier, what happened?"

Ruhlie pointed to the gunpowder in the distance, and said to the chief of staff: "Have you seen the gunpowder ahead? There should have been a battle there not long ago, but I just don't know whether our army won or the enemy won."

"I think our army should have won." After staring at the front for a while, the chief of staff expressed his opinion. Perhaps in order to get Ruhlie to agree with him, he specifically emphasized: "Comrade Brigadier, listen carefully. There is no sound of guns and artillery in front, which proves that the battle has long since ended."

"The troops stopped advancing and built fortifications in place." Ruhlie said vigilantly: "Immediately send scouts to the front to perform reconnaissance."

"Comrade Brigadier, let's keep moving forward." The chief of staff was worried that the enemy behind would catch up, so he quickly reminded Ruhlie, "If the enemy finds that we have withdrawn from the defensive area after blowing up the tank, they will chase after us." They came up. Our troops are limited, and we cannot stop the enemy's attack at all."

"The situation ahead is unclear, so we can't move forward." Ruhlie said decisively: "If we plunge into the enemy's encirclement, our entire army is in danger of being wiped out."

Now that Lu Helie had already spoken to this point, the chief of staff knew that it was meaningless to argue with him, so he quickly conveyed Lu Helie's order to the officers and soldiers of the brigade. Taking advantage of the time when the commanders and fighters were digging the fortifications, he sent another six soldiers on two three-wheeled motorcycles to the front for reconnaissance.

Before the scouts came back, the observation post came to report to Ruhlie: "Comrade Brigadier, a unit is approaching our position."

The chief of staff sitting next to Ruhlie was frightened out of his wits after listening to the observation post's report. But in front of his subordinates, he still forced himself to say calmly: "How many people are there?"

"About seven hundred people," the observation post reported, "are heading towards us through the forest ahead. They will arrive at our location in about half an hour."

"Comrade Brigadier," the chief of staff heard that the opponent had 500 people, while the tank brigade plus the infantry that cooperated in the battle had less than 300 people. Obviously he was not the opponent of the opponent. He hurriedly said to Ruhlie: " I think we should move as soon as possible before the enemy arrives."

"Transfer, where are we going?" Seeing his chief of staff panicked, Ruhle said dissatisfiedly, "There are enemies everywhere, where are we going to go?" After saying this, he Continue to ask the observation post, "Is it the enemy or our people?"

"It's too far away, and there are trees blocking it, so I can't see clearly."

"Which direction did they come from." Ruhlie then asked, "Is it from our front or from behind?"

"Front." The observation post replied, "They are coming from our front."

"Continue to observe," Ruhlie saw that he couldn't ask the answer he wanted to know from the observation post, so he waved his hand and told him, "If there is any new situation, remember to report to me in time."

After the observation post left, Ruhlie said to the chief of staff with displeasure on his face: "Comrade chief of staff, don't forget that you are a commander, why are you panicking like a recruit who just joined the army."

"Comrade Brigadier, we have too few people, and we don't have heavy weapons. Once we encounter the enemy, I'm afraid we will suffer in terms of firepower." The chief of staff quickly defended himself and said, "Therefore, we should try not to fight if we can. .”

"Do you think we can successfully avoid the enemy without fighting?" Ruhlie said with a sneer, "You know, there are enemies everywhere nearby. Maybe we accidentally fought with the enemy from the east in order to avoid the enemy from the east." The enemy in front of us has collided. Instead of passively avoiding the battle, it is better to fight the enemy openly, maybe we will not lose."

Not long after, the observation post came to report again, this time his content was much more detailed: "Comrade Brigadier, I have seen it clearly, it is our own troops, and there are two tanks in the crowd..."

"What, there are still tanks?" As the commander of the tank brigade, Ruhlie was overjoyed when he heard that there were tanks in the army, and hurriedly ordered the chief of staff, "Chief of staff, take someone to get in touch with them and see if you can get in touch with them." The troops of the two sides are merged, so that in the next battle, we will have a greater chance of winning."

"Don't worry, Comrade Brigadier Commander." Knowing that it was his troops and tanks that came, the chief of staff who had put his heart in his throat suddenly smiled, and he quickly said to Ruhlie: "I will immediately take people Contact the commander of the other side and strive to facilitate the merger of the two sides as soon as possible."

However, before the chief of staff left, a group of scouts sent back on motorcycles brought them bad news: "Comrade Brigadier, our army was counterattacked by the German army in the process of breaking through to him. All the tanks of the tank brigade were destroyed, and the accompanying infantry regiment was also routed, and now their rout is coming towards us."

After listening to the scout's report, Ruhlie was shocked, and then asked, "Is what you said true?"

"Of course it's true, Comrade Brigadier Commander." In order to convince Rukhle of what he said, the scout emphasized, "Those routs are coming towards us."

"What, what did you say?" This time it was the chief of staff who was shocked, and he asked the scout in surprise: "You said that the troops coming towards us are defeated by the Germans?"

"That's right, Comrade Chief of Staff." The scout nodded and replied, "I just counted them on the road. There are about six or seven hundred of them, as well as two tanks and three armored vehicles, but there should be no armored vehicles. Oily, one after another broke down on the way."

"Comrade Brigadier," the chief of staff confirmed that the oncoming troops were defeated by the German army, and asked Rukhle with a bitter face: "What should we do? Let them pass through us, or leave them all behind." .”

"It goes without saying, of course we should leave them all behind." Ruhlie said decisively: "There are Germans behind us, and these routs have lost their combat effectiveness long ago. If we encounter the Germans, what will happen?" Even if I don't tell you what will happen to you, you should know."

"Understood, Comrade Brigadier Commander." Knowing that this matter is of great importance, the chief of staff quickly said to Ruhlie, "I'll stop those rout soldiers."

"I think it's better for the two of us to go together." Ruhlie got up and said, "I don't think there will be any generals or division commanders in the rout. If I come forward in person, with my rank and position, I should Can control this rout."