Red Moscow

There is a small village in the southeast of Qijilin, where a squad of German troops is stationed. When they received the order from the city defense commander, they immediately drove the villagers to dig trenches outside the village and build fortifications to prevent the advance of the Soviet army.

Since there has never been a war here, the German soldiers in the village were not very vigilant. They asked the villagers to sit in a newly dug bunker to eat, smoke, and chat without even setting up a sentry post when digging trenches.

Several people were eating happily when they suddenly heard a strange sound from outside. The villagers in the nearby trenches also stopped their work, stood up straight with tools and stared at a place blankly.

A German soldier stood up curiously and looked towards the bunker. After he saw the scene in front of him clearly, he was stunned and stood there in a daze.

The squad leader with the rank of corporal saw the soldier standing there in a daze after he got up, raised his leg and kicked him, and asked dissatisfiedly, "What did you see, standing there in a daze like a fool?"

The soldier who was kicked turned his head to look at his squad leader, and replied with a look of horror: "Russia... Russians, many... many Russians..."

The squad leader thought the soldiers were talking nonsense, so he stood up cursing and looked into the distance. When he saw clearly the tide-like bicycles on the road and the Soviet commanders who were pedaling hard, he was stunned.

Before he could react, more than twenty bicycles rushed in front of them. The Soviet soldier on the bike threw the bike to the ground, took off the assault rifle on his back, and aimed at the German soldiers in the bunker.

The German soldiers staying in the bunker at this moment had no weapons in their hands because they were busy eating. Facing more than 20 black gun muzzles condescending, they did not have the courage to resist, and hurriedly raised their hands above their heads, lest the Soviet army misunderstand that they wanted to resist, and wished to be shot to death by random guns.

When the villagers who were repairing the fortifications were sure that they were their own people, they all scrambled out of the trenches they had just dug, and rushed to the soldiers who got off their cars and parked on the roadside. After a while, both sides cheered. Hugged together.

After Belkin learned that a village was occupied ahead, he rushed over to check the situation.

When he entered the village, he was immediately warmly welcomed by the villagers. An old man in the village welcomed Belgin with a round of bread and salt according to the old Russian custom. He said with tears in his eyes: "Commander Commander, after two years, I have finally brought you back. This time I am back." , you won't leave again, will you?"

Belgin held the old man's hand tightly, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, we are back. This time, we came back to drive out the enemies who occupied our cities and villages. We not only want to drive them away from our drive them away from the land, and wipe them out completely.”

"That's a good relationship, that's a good relationship." The old man couldn't help becoming excited when he heard Belkin say this: "You don't know how we got here in the past two years..."

After Belkin comforted the old man for a few words, he ordered the German prisoners to be brought over.

While waiting for the arrival of the prisoners, the chief of staff of the regiment asked him for instructions: "Comrade Colonel, do we need to report this news to the division headquarters immediately?"

"Don't worry, my comrade chief of staff." Belkin waved his hand and rejected the proposal of the chief of staff of the regiment, and said to him: "Let's figure out the situation here first."

After a pause, he asked again, "Have all the scouts been sent out?"

"Yes, Comrade Colonel." The chief of staff of the regiment nodded and said, "All have been dispatched."

"Our soldiers have been riding for several hours, and they are very tired. Let them rest here first." Belkin said to the chief of staff: "We will continue after we have figured out the situation of the enemy in the Qijilin area." It’s not too late to move forward.”

The squad leader of the German army was quickly brought over. He was just a small corporal. After becoming a prisoner, he was frightened out of his wits. Now being interrogated by Belkin, he naturally did not dare to have the slightest conspiracy. , military rank, positions held, and the reasons for the construction of fortifications are all truthfully explained.

After listening to the translation, Belkin pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Corporal, I would like to ask, since you know that our army is going to attack Chijilin, why are you not ready for battle at all?"

"Mr. Colonel," the corporal replied nervously, "I have received an order to dig enough trenches after dawn tomorrow, and the troops in charge of defense will arrive before noon tomorrow."

The captive's words made Belgin very curious: "Why did the garrison not arrive until noon tomorrow?"

"It's about fifty kilometers from Svetlovodsk District to here," the corporal replied tremblingly, "This section of road is badly damaged, and it's hard to accommodate a large convoy. If you want to attack Chijilin, you must You can only march on foot. The city defense commander estimates that you will have to wait until noon tomorrow at the earliest to reach us, and all of you are exhausted. And the newly arrived troops can completely defeat you."

Belkin wasn't annoyed at what the captive said. On the contrary, he realized that although Qijilin's enemy was preparing for battle at this moment, the various defensive measures were obviously not perfect. Rushing into Qijilin City.

He waved his hand, motioning for the prisoner to be taken down. Then he turned around and told the chief of staff: "Comrade chief of staff, get in touch with the division headquarters immediately and say that we have occupied a small village near Chijilin. From all indications, the Germans are not ready for battle at all..."

When the chief of staff heard this, he couldn't help interjecting and asked: "Comrade commander, you don't want to use our regiment to attack German cities?"

"Since the great opportunity is in front of us, why not?" Belkin asked his chief of staff: "Are you planning to wait until the German army has completed its defensive preparations before we launch an offensive? Do you want to attack?" If not, in that case, what a heavy price our army will pay."

The chief of staff was convinced by Belkin's words, he nodded, and went to the radio operator, preparing to report the situation here to the division headquarters to see what the superior's intentions were.

Fomenko, who received the report, couldn't help being overjoyed. He said to Manoshin and the chief of staff: "I really didn't expect that although the enemies of Chijilin were rushing to repair the fortifications, their garrison troops did not arrive in time. The quick capture of the city creates favorable conditions."

But after hearing this, the chief of staff raised his own question: "Comrade commander, there are only more than 4,000 soldiers equipped with bicycles in the entire division. That is to say, if we want to continue to attack, only these four soldiers can go into battle." Thousands of people, we don't know what kind of troops the enemy has in the city now, if the attack goes well, it's fine, if the attack fails, I'm afraid the superiors will hold us accountable."

"You worry too much, Comrade Chief of Staff." It has been more than five hours since the departure of the 84th Division. The defenders of the Svetlovodsk District have also changed from the original 188th Division to the 384th Division. The commanders and fighters of the Khoyda division are now also advancing along the road in the direction of Chijilin. Faced with the Chief of Staff's question, Manoxin said: "It is not only our division that is going to attack Chijilin, but also the 188th Division of Colonel Koyda. According to my experience, the Germans in Chijilin like this In such a small city, there will not be many troops. Not to mention that their defense system is not perfect, even if there is a perfect defense system, with the strength of our two divisions, we can completely capture the city from the Germans. "

"The political commissar is right," Fomenko agreed. "Now the Belkin regiment is only three or four kilometers away from the city. They can be ordered to stop resting in the small village and rush to the city immediately. Even if they can't occupy the city, they can It can seize the outer positions of the city and reduce the casualties of our commanders and fighters when attacking fortified positions."

Seeing that the division commander and the division political commissar are full of confidence in capturing the city of Qijilin, the division chief of staff can no longer raise any objections. Stop resting in the small village and immediately advance to Qijilin to see if the city can be captured before the enemy recovers.

Taking advantage of the time when the chief of staff of the division was in contact with the forward commander, Fomenko personally called Sokov and wanted to report the situation here to him in time. His luck was good, the person who answered the phone this time was Sokov.

As soon as Sokov heard Fomenko's excited voice, he immediately guessed that the other party's report had something to do with Chigirin that was about to be seized, so he asked directly: "General Fomenko, do you have any good news about Chigirin?" News, you want to tell me?"

Seeing that Sokov guessed his purpose of calling, Fomenko laughed dryly, and then replied: "Report to Comrade Commander, Colonel Belkin from the leading regiment sent me back a message saying that his troops have occupied I left a small village three or four kilometers south of Qijilin, and I am resting there now."

When Sokov learned that the Belgin regiment had occupied a small village, he immediately asked nervously, "Did they exchange fire with the enemy when they occupied the small village?"

"No." Fomenko shook his head and replied, "There was only one squad of German soldiers in the village. When the Belgin regiment arrived, the enemy was driving the villagers to dig fortifications. But when our commanders and fighters appeared in front of them, All the Germans were terrified and immediately raised their hands and surrendered to our army."

"Why is there only one squad of the German army in the village?" After listening to Fomenko's report, Sokov felt it was incredible that the Germans had only deployed one squad in such an important area, but saw their own squad After the troops appeared, they raised their hands and surrendered without firing a shot. In order to find out what was going on, he asked, "Also, since the fortifications have begun to be built, why are there no defenders stationed there?"

Facing Sokov's series of questions, Fomenko replied confidently: "Comrade Commander, Colonel Belgin interrogated the prisoners. It turned out that the enemy thought that our army was in the Svetlovodsk district, a full distance from Chigirin. It is nearly 50 kilometers long, and the road between the two places has been severely damaged, and it is impossible to use large-scale transportation tools. If our army wants to capture Chijilin, it can only march forward on foot. The Germans estimated , even if our army marches at the fastest speed, I am afraid that we will not reach the vicinity of Qijilin until noon tomorrow."

After figuring out what was going on, Sokov said with emotion: "General Fomenko, it seems that the bicycles have made a great contribution this time. If there were not so many bicycles, it would be impossible for our troops to arrive in such a short period of time. near Chijilin, and took a German-occupied village without bloodshed."

After Sokov finished speaking, he paused for a moment to stabilize his excitement. After he calmed down a lot, he asked, "General Fomenko, what is your division going to do next?"

Fomenko glanced at the chief of staff standing behind the radio operator and replied: "Report to Comrade Commander, I will ask the chief of staff to give orders to the two commanders of the 252nd and 254th regiments to speed up their march, Rush to Qijilin to join Belkin's regiment and seize the city."

"Very well, General Fomenko, you have done a good job." Sokov said into the microphone: "If our army can easily capture this city, it will be a great achievement for you. I need to add a few place names to the serial number..."

In the organizational system of the Soviet Army, only the units that have made great achievements can be crowned with the name of the city that fought. In the designation of the 84th Division, the ground of Kharkov has now been added, and it may be added in the future. More place names. Therefore, hearing what Sokov said, Fomenko suddenly became excited. He patted his chest and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, don't worry, our 84th Division will never let you down. .”

After putting down the phone, Sokov called Sameko to him, smiled and said to him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I have some good news for you. The Belkin Regiment of the 84th Division has now arrived near Chigirin." , and succeeded in taking a small village from the Germans and taking a squad of German troops prisoner."

"The Belgin regiment has arrived near Chijilin?" Sameko immediately looked down on the map after hearing the news from Sokov. After a while, he raised his head and said to Sokov emotionally: "Comrade Commander, this is really great news. From the analysis of this situation, the enemy has no defense against our army at all. If we seize the time An attack may easily capture the city."

"You are right, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov nodded and said, "General Fomenko thinks so too, so he has given an order to Colonel Belgin to stop his regiment immediately in the small village. Rest and recuperate here, rush to Chijilin immediately, and try to take this city before the Germans are ready."