Red Moscow

The operator finished receiving the telegram and translated it as quickly as possible. Guchakov took the telegram from the telegraph operator, and after seeing the contents clearly, he was taken aback for a moment, and then fell into ecstasy.

"What's wrong with you, Comrade Lieutenant?" Samoilov, who was chatting with Platonov and the others, saw Guchakov's demeanor after reading the telegram, and quickly asked: "The telegram from the division headquarters What did you say?"

"I congratulate you, Lieutenant Samoilov." Guchakov held back the ecstasy in his heart, and stretched out his hand to Samoilov, "The content of the telegram from the division headquarters is that our superiors told us this time. As a reward for your actions, you have not only received an Order of the Red Banner like everyone else, but you have also been promoted to the military rank."

Samoilov was very happy when he learned that he had received a medal and was promoted to a military rank, but he still took the telegram from Guchakov and read the contents carefully. When he had finished reading, he looked at Guchakov and said: "Comrade Captain, allow me to congratulate you on your higher rank."

The dialogue between Guchakov and Samoilov confused the guerrillas standing not far away. Platonov looked at the two and asked puzzledly: "Comrades, two commanders, What are you talking about, I don't understand at all."

"Comrade Captain, let me explain to you." Samoilov was in a particularly good mood when he learned that he had been awarded a medal and promoted to a military rank. When he heard Platonov's question, he said proactively: " In order to commend our achievements in destroying the enemy's airfield, the superior awarded the Order of the Red Banner to every member of the squad, Lieutenant Guchakov and I were also promoted to the first rank of military rank."

"This is really great." Platonov was stunned by Samoilov's words. After a while, he came back to his senses, stretched out his hand to Samoilov, and said enthusiastically: "Samoilov Lieutenant Moylov, please accept my congratulations!"

After shaking hands with Samoilov, Platonov went to shake hands with Guchakov and congratulate him. Ruzsky also quickly extended his hand to Samoilov, and said with a smile: "And me, Comrade Lieutenant, please accept my heartfelt congratulations to you."

The soldiers in the barn also cheered when they heard that they would also be awarded the Order of the Red Banner by their superiors for the attack on the airport.

"Quiet, comrades, please be quiet!" Hearing the soldiers cheering, Guchakov was taken aback. He quickly stopped everyone and said, "Don't forget, there are still enemies stationed not far away."

After the barn became quiet again, Guchakov said to everyone with a serious expression: "Comrades, you have all heard that the division commander has been paying attention to our actions. They have just destroyed an enemy field airport today, and they have given us With such a great honor for us, we must not let down the trust our commander has placed in us, and we must continue to work hard to achieve even greater results in the next battle."

"Captain Guchakov," Samoilov called Guchakov with his new military rank, and asked, "Where should our next actions be?"

Guchakov was not familiar with the terrain in this area, so he could only ask Platonov for help: "Comrade Captain, you are very familiar with the terrain in this area, please tell me, what else can be our target. "

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While Gutchakov and Platonov were studying which areas controlled by the German army should be attacked next, Paulus was in his headquarters, furious at his intelligence chief: "What, one of our field airports It was destroyed by the Russians, but you didn't even see the Russians who attacked the airport, what do your intelligence forces do?"

The silent chief of intelligence, after Paulus lost his temper, said cautiously: "Your Excellency, according to the results of our nearby investigation, we found the track marks of an armored vehicle about two kilometers away from the airport. And the traces of erecting rocket launchers..."

"Your Excellency, Commander," Chief of Staff Schmid and other intelligence chiefs finished speaking, and whispered in Paulus's ear: "From the information obtained by the Intelligence Department, the attack on the airport should be related to the attack on Mama. Sokov of Yevgang."

Paulus is no stranger to Sokov. After all, this name can be seen in many reports that have caused huge losses to his troops in the past few months. After he sneered, he asked back: "Chief of Staff, since you already know that the attack on the airport is related to the Russian guy Sokov, have you taken any measures?"

"Unfortunately, Your Excellency Commander." Hearing Paulus' question, Schmid replied in shame: "We spent more than two months attacking Mamayev, which was held by Sokov's troops. Hill, launched one attack after another, but was never able to capture the commanding heights of Stalingrad."

"Chief of Staff, this damned Russian has caused us so much damage, we must not let him go unpunished." Paulus said firmly to Schmid: "Immediately order the Fourth Air Force to dispatch planes, right now Intense bombardment of Yevgang to eliminate all Russians entrenched on it."

After Paulus's order was conveyed by Schmid, the commander of the Fourth Air Force, who was full of anger, immediately dispatched a brigade of bombers to bombard Mamayev Gang indiscriminately. For a moment, the entire Mamayev Hill seemed to be an erupting volcano, with flames and gunpowder everywhere, and huge explosions one after another without any pause. ,

Chuikov, who was a few kilometers away, learned that Mamayev Hill had been bombed by enemy planes. He also walked out of his headquarters, found a relatively high position on the bank, and raised his binoculars towards the hill. look away. But the entire hill was shrouded in thick gunpowder smoke, and he couldn't see the situation on the hill at all.

He returned to the headquarters in disappointment and said to Krylov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the Germans dispatched a large number of planes to bombard Mamayev Kurgan indiscriminately, it must be in retaliation for the attack on their airport. "

Krylov asked with some surprise: "Comrade Commander, how did the Germans know that Sokov's troops attacked the airport?"

"It's not easy to know that Sokov's troops did this!" Cuikov smiled wryly, and said, "Ever since the enemy approached the city, they haven't flattered Sokov. Sokov There are many tricks in war, and they often make the enemy miserable. Paulus is not a fool. He just needs to think carefully and he can guess who killed his field airport. You immediately call Mamayev Gang Call and ask them how things are going there?"

Sokov never dreamed that the enemy would bomb Mamayev Gang so violently without warning. As soon as the bombing started, he immediately ordered all the troops to retreat into the tunnel, not even leaving an observation post. He stood by the wooden table in the headquarters, with dust constantly falling from the top of his head, and the ground under his feet was trembling constantly. He was even worried that even if the tunnel was more than ten meters away from the ground, it would still be destroyed by enemy bombs. possible.

When Krylov called, Sokov was standing not far away, and he grabbed the receiver casually: "I'm Sokov, where are you?"

"I'm Krylov." Knowing that the person answering the phone was Sokov, Krylov breathed a sigh of relief unexpectedly, and asked loudly into the microphone: "Comrade Colonel, according to our analysis, the enemy It may be that you guessed that your troops attacked the field airport behind them, so you dispatched so many planes to bomb. Can your fortifications withstand such a violent bombing by enemy planes?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov replied loudly: "Our fortifications are more than ten meters deep underground, and the enemy's bombs cannot hurt us..."

Before Sokov finished speaking, he suddenly heard a loud noise nearby, and then a gas lamp hanging at the door was shaken off, fell to the ground and shattered. The cloud of dust pouring in from the door made Sokov cough violently. He hastily removed the microphone from his ear, covered his mouth and nose with his left hand, and asked vaguely: " What's going on outside?"

Regardless of whether Sokov was coughing, everyone in the room was choking and coughing. But after hearing Sokov's words, there was another staff officer who bravely rushed into the smoke to find out what happened.

Less than a minute later, the staff officer stumbled out of the smoke, came to Sokov, and said in a panic: "Comrade commander, it's not good, it's a bomb that fell in the corridor."

"What, a bomb fell in the corridor?" In order to find out what happened, Sokov shouted at the panicked staff officers and communications soldiers: "Everyone, don't panic, stay where you are." After shouting this sentence, he put the microphone in his hand on the table and told the staff, "Take me to have a look."

Sokov followed the staff officer and rushed into the cloud of rising dust. As he walked forward, he waved his arms desperately, trying to disperse the nasty dust. After he walked out the door and tried to see what was in front of him, he was suddenly stunned. A huge bomb was hanging in the corridor, and it seemed that it would fall at any moment.

Seeing the bomb, Sokov's heartbeat suddenly doubled. He stared at the bomb for a long time before walking over tremblingly. He looked up and saw that the bomb had smashed through the concrete roof of the corridor and went straight in, but the tail was still stuck in the cement crack, and the head of the bomb was still about one meter from the ground, and it might fall at any time.

Sokov knew very well in his heart that when a bomb explodes in a confined space, its power will more than double. People here will also be affected.

"Comrade commander, what happened?" Just as Sokov was staring at the bomb in a daze, Sidolin and Ivanov came out of the room. Was stunned.

"Chief of Staff, call the engineers immediately and ask them to dismantle the bomb's fuse." Sokov didn't know when the bomb in front of him would fall and explode, but he didn't want to sit still, so he began to ask Sidolin and Ivano The husband issued orders: "As for you, Comrade Deputy Commander, immediately transfer everyone in the headquarters. Tell everyone, don't panic, leave one by one, don't panic."

"Comrade commander, this place is too dangerous." Before leaving, Sidolin and Ivanov were worried about Sokov's safety, and tried their best to persuade him: "You should move to a safe place first."

"No, I can't go." Although Sokov's legs were frightened at the moment, but in the current situation, if he took the lead to leave, it would definitely cause everyone to panic, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "I I won't leave until everyone in the headquarters has transferred. Chief of Staff, Deputy Division Commander, you two, don't dawdle, hurry up and carry out the mission."

The staff officers and signal soldiers in the headquarters were terrified when they learned that there was a bomb hanging in the corridor that might explode at any time. But they knew that the division commander was standing next to the bomb at the door and would not leave until everyone had evacuated, so they were filled with courage again. They walked out of the headquarters one by one in an orderly manner, and walked cautiously along the corridor. But when they passed by Sokov's side, they all cast admiring glances at him.

It took less than two minutes for the personnel in the headquarters to evacuate safely. Sidolin came to Sukov's side and said in a low voice and anxiously: "Comrade Commander, everyone in the headquarters has been withdrawn, so you should withdraw quickly."

"Chief of Staff, you should retreat first." Sokov originally planned to wait for the people in the headquarters to withdraw before retreating himself. But after the withdrawal was over, his legs still had no strength and could not move at all. Naturally, he would not tell Sidolin and Ivanov such a shameful thing, so he could only pretend to be calm and say: "I want to Stay here and watch comrade engineers dismantle the bomb."

Seeing that Sokov was unwilling to leave, Sidolin knew that it was useless to persuade him, so he could only bite the bullet and say to him: "Okay, Comrade Master, since you are unwilling to leave, then I will stay with you." After he finished speaking, he turned his head and saw that Ivanov was still standing beside him, and urged the other party, "Comrade deputy commander, please move first. If this bomb explodes, the division commander of the 41st Guards Division will be killed." All reimbursed."

"Yes, Comrade Deputy Commander, please move quickly." Sokov turned his head to look at Ivanov, tried to squeeze a smile on his face, and said calmly: "We will be fine, you first Move to a safe place."

Seeing that both Sokov and Sidolin asked him to transfer, Ivanov was not hypocritical, he nodded, and said to the two of them: "Master, Chief of Staff, you two, be careful, I'm leaving first. "

"Comrade Commander," Sidolin asked Sokov in a low voice, watching Ivanov's retreating back, "Do you think we can survive?"