Burning Moscow

Hearing that there were still troops that had not been withdrawn, I was so angry that I grabbed Yevtifeyev by the collar and asked angrily: "What did you say, say it again, and our troops have not withdrawn? "

Yevtifeyev was so speechless by his collar that he nodded desperately to express his affirmation.

Seeing that his commander was embarrassed by me, Lieutenant Strelkov hurriedly stepped forward, gently grabbed my hand, and persuaded: "Comrade Colonel, please let go of the political instructor first. He reports to you slowly."

I pushed Yevtifeyev vigorously, gave him a fierce look, took a deep breath, and said angrily: "Let's say, where are the troops that have not withdrawn, and how many people are there?"

Yevtifeyev covered his throat with his hand, coughed violently, pointed to the hillside they had just rushed down, and said: "Behind the hillside, Bassalji will let us stand. A communication relay station in China. Now there are two reconnaissance squads and a female communication squad in the relay station."

"Why are you still hesitating? Take someone to rescue them immediately!" After yelling at Yevtifeyev, I turned around and called Godunov's name, and was about to tell him to take someone to the rescue immediately. The reconnaissance squad and communication squad that have not yet evacuated.

Before I could speak, Lieutenant Godunov yelled out: "Look at it, the Germans are attacking again."

I hurriedly looked in the direction of his fingers. Even without the use of binoculars, I could clearly see the large groups of German infantry, under the cover of a dozen tanks, rushing towards the high ground just now.

I looked at the German troops advancing to the heights. The heart sank suddenly. It turned out that Godunov wanted to take someone to the station by truck. Go and pick up the soldiers inside. Now it seems that this is an impossible task. In the case of a considerable number of soldiers, our infantry is not an opponent of the Germans at all, and they have more than a dozen tanks. Only Perskin's two tanks want to fight against them, which is undoubtedly a pebble attack.

Upon seeing this scene, Yevtifeyev fell to the ground, wiping his tears, and said silently: "It's over. It's over. With the strength of the force that will let you stand, it can't stop the enemy's scale. Offensive."

Seeing him crying and crying, I couldn't help but get angry, walked over and kicked his ass, and cursed fiercely: "Yevtifeyev, stand up for me. Don't be like a woman. Cry and cry, hurry up and find a way to contact the fighters who will stand, so that they are ready for battle."

Second Lieutenant Strelkov, who was unkind to me just now, smiled apologetically at me. Grabbing Yevdifeev's arm, trying to lift him from the ground. Unexpectedly, Yevtifeyev had just been pulled up. As soon as he let go, he sat down again. Two other colleagues couldn't stand Yevtifeyev's cowardly performance. They stepped forward to help the ensign to set up their political instructor.

Seeing that Yevtifeyev couldn't count on it, I frowned and asked Strelkov: "Comrade Lieutenant, do you know how to contact the people who stayed behind?"

The second lieutenant nodded and replied: "Comrade Colonel, I know the contact code of the communication relay station. Do you have a walkie-talkie here? If so, I can directly contact the comrades in the station."

Hearing what he said, I quickly told Basmanov: "Captain Basmanov, go and call Second Lieutenant Razumeeva here immediately, and remember to ask her to bring the radio."

Basmanov's movements were very quick, and it didn't take long for him to take Razumeeva and ran up from the hillside, panting. In fact, Razumeyeva has been standing outside the jeep waiting for my order. At this moment, seeing the guard battalion commander running down the hillside, she immediately understood that she must be looking for something to do. She hurriedly carried the heavy telephone on her back and jogged. We greeted Basmanov so that we could reach the top of the hill so quickly.

Strelkov took the headset and microphone that Razumeeva handed him, squatted aside and started calling the relay station loudly: "Tulips, tulips, I am lilacs, please come back when you hear! Tulips! ,tulip……"

When the second lieutenant called his comrades in arms, I saw that the German tanks had reached the unguarded high ground, and the infantrymen had also swept across the empty trenches like a tide, rushing to the other side of the high ground.

I sighed, put down my binoculars, and asked the second lieutenant a few words, but seeing that he was desperately calling the relay station, I waved to the big priest who was supporting Yevdifeev and motioned him to come in front of me.

Tuashi raised his hand in front of me to salute, and asked politely: "Comrade Colonel, what instructions do you have?"

I pointed my finger in the direction of the high ground and asked with a fluke: "Comrade Tuas, if the soldiers who stayed at the relay station are now ordered to retreat, which direction can they safely withdraw from?"

Tuas turned his head to look at the high ground, and slowly shook his head and said, "Comrade Colonel, the Germans surrounded our relay station two days ago, but because of our stubborn resistance on the high ground, they couldn’t get close. checkpoint."

"How far is the relay station from the high ground, and what kind of fortifications are there?"

Tuas sighed again and replied: "After turning over that high ground, less than one kilometer northward, it is our relay station. Because all the houses where the station would stand are used, the so-called fortifications are just piled up at the door. Some sandbags."

Tuashi’s words made my last bit of illusion completely disillusioned. A relay station in a German encirclement without strong fortifications relied on two squads of soldiers and a female communications squad to block the attack of infantry covered by tanks. , Is simply impossible.

German tanks followed the infantrymen and disappeared one after another on the other side of the high ground. Then there was a rumble of artillery from behind the high ground. It seemed that the Germans were bombarding the fortifications of the relay station with tank artillery.

At this moment, Strelkov finally contacted the female correspondent at the relay station. I heard him shouting excitedly: "I am Second Lieutenant Strelkov, the second platoon leader of the communications company, who are you?"

Hearing the contact with the girls at the relay station, I quickly walked to the radio and squatted down. Take the headset from the second lieutenant's hand and put it on. He shouted into the microphone: "Hey. Can you hear me? I'm Colonel Oshanina, the commander of the 64th Army Independent Division."

"Hello, Comrade Colonel," a young female soldier's clear voice came from the headset, "I am Corporal Nadja Klimenko, the communications squad leader."

"How's the situation with you?" When I asked this, I had already heard intense gunfire coming from the earphones.

"The situation is very bad, Comrade Colonel. The German tanks are approaching our relay station. They are driving and firing. A large number of infantry is followed." Nadya reported to me nervously.

"The scouts of those two squads are responsible for protecting the communication squad and communication equipment." Lieutenant Strelkov reminded me quietly next to him.

"Corporal Naja, aren't there two scouts in the relay station? Where are they now?"

"They all entered the fortifications to stop the Germans." Nadya replied loudly, "But I guess they won't be able to support it for long. The Germans are at least ten times more than us."

"Can you break through now?" I asked with difficulty.

After being silent for a while, Nadya replied very simply: "Comrade Colonel, I think it is impossible to break through. The relay station is surrounded by Germans. As long as we leave the house or fortification, we will be shot dead. ." Her voice just fell. There was a violent explosion in the earphones, followed by intense gunfire.

"Corporal Nadya. What's the matter? Nadya, Corporal Nadya..." After hearing the explosions and gunfire, Nadya suddenly stopped talking, making me nervous and yelling desperately into the microphone. .

After about two or three minutes, I was relieved when I heard Nadya's voice coming out of the earphones again. Yan Yue and I asked, "Comrade Corporal, what happened? I seemed to have heard a cannonball explode near you."

"Yes, a shell from a German tank exploded next to the house, blasting a gap in one side of the wall. Two German soldiers wanted to take the opportunity to rush in through the gap, but they were repelled by the female soldiers of the communications squad. ."

"Are there casualties?" I asked with concern.

Nadya was silent for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "Two sacrifices and one wounded. But the Germans were not pleased. One soldier was killed on the spot by us, and the other escaped by chance. We hurt my leg."

When a communications squad confronted two German soldiers, they still paid the price of two deaths and one wound, while the German soldiers only suffered one death and one wound. I just don't know how effective the two scout squad fighters are and how long they can keep the Germans in check.

I was silently calculating the ratio of casualties to the enemy and myself. Yevtifeyev, who had returned to normal, walked in front of me and pleaded with me: "Comrade Colonel, I ask you to send troops immediately to rescue the soldiers at the relay station. "

I looked up at him, did not speak, but continued to ask Nadya: "Corporal Nadya, where are the soldiers of the scout squad? Are they still fighting the attacking Germans?" In fact, there was no need for her to answer, it came from the headset. With the increasing intensity of gunfire, I knew that our soldiers were fighting tenaciously with the Germans.

"They were fighting and they were very brave." Nadya said dryly, and then became emotional, "Under the fierce attack of the enemy, their casualties were very high. Two wounded rushed to the enemy. When they were around, they rang the grenade without hesitation, and died with the enemy who rushed up...."

I took off the headset and held it in my hand, so that the people around me could hear Nadya’s voice: "...A tank rushed over and it crashed our sandbag fortification, and it was aggressively approaching us. Come here. Ah, who is that? It seems to be the squad leader of the reconnaissance squad. He is holding a bundle of grenades and is rushing towards the tank..." She just said here, there was another loud bang in the earphones.

Long after the noise was over, Nadya said in a choked voice: "The squad leader rushed up and died with the German tank."

"How many scouts are left?" The German offensive progressed so fast. Although I expected it, I still imagined that the scouts could resist for a while, so that the female soldiers in the communications squad would have a chance to escape. I asked tentatively: "Nadya, I ask you to confirm it again, do you have any hope to break through?" In fact, my original intention was to let the female communication soldiers surrender to the Germans, and to save their lives. But I saw several political workers around me. I had to swallow this rebellious remark.

Nadya replied with a wry smile: "Comrade Colonel. There is no hope. We are completely surrounded by Germans." After a short pause. She went on to say: "All the female soldiers in our communications class will stay in this place. When the Germans arrive, we will finish all the bullets and leave the last bullet to ourselves."

Nadya's words silenced me. At this moment, another female soldier's scream suddenly came from the earphones: "Sisters, the German rushed over, let's shoot!" Then there was a burst of intensive gunfire.

Strelkov threw himself in front of me. Kneeling on one knee, I begged me bitterly and said, "Comrade Colonel, please, send troops to attack. I can't just watch my comrades die just like this."

"Yes, comrade colonel, can't hesitate anymore, send troops to attack!"

"Hit it, comrade teacher, we can't just watch our sister die in German hands."

First, Yevdifeev, Kovalev and others. Then Vellore, Godunov, Basmanov and others asked me to send troops to rescue the relay station that was besieged by the Germans.

When everyone's sentiment is fierce. Nadya's voice no longer came out of the earphones. Without a word, I watched the billowing smoke rising from the back of the high ground, wondering whether Nadya was fighting or giving up, and I ignored the sounds of petitioning around.

After a long time, Nadya's voice came through the headphones again. But she was obviously injured, and she spoke intermittently: "Report to Comrade Colonel, I have heard what you said. There is no one in the relay station. Whether it is the scouts or the female soldiers in the communications squad, they all sacrificed. I am alone. German artillery shells are still exploding around the house... Several tanks with white crosses on my right are approaching, and a large group of infantry is behind them... I was seriously injured and in the abdomen. Two pieces of shrapnel, it is impossible to evacuate. Anyway, I will be killed sooner or later, so you must not risk saving us... A tank stopped outside my house, and two people got out of the tank... After chatting with the few infantrymen who followed, they came to me.... I was so scared that my heart stopped beating because of my nervousness. What was going to happen..."

When she said this, there were a few clear pistol shots in the earphones, and then the sound of German submachine guns. "Farewell, my dear comrades..." After a clear gunshot, the call was interrupted.

Strelkov knelt on the ground, his face raised high, and his hands squeezed his hair vigorously, howling like a wounded beast. The other three commanders of the communications company also looked sad.

I stood up with difficulty from the ground, gently wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes, and greeted several of my subordinates: "Vellore, Basmanov, Godunov."

The three of them heard my call and hurriedly came to me. Before I could speak, Godunov said first: "Comrade Commander, let me strike with nine consecutive strikes. I will definitely teach these **** fascist bandits a good lesson."

"Commander, I will also take the guard battalion." Basmanov said not to be outdone.

I did not answer them right away. Instead, I looked at the communication company commander who was in pain, and then told Basmanov: "Comrade Captain, you and Instructor Vellore, take people to **** these communication companies that escape danger. The commanders and fighters returned to our station. Godunov and I stayed behind."

"What? Comrade commander, aren't we going to teach those **** Germans?" Basmanov didn't expect that I suddenly gave such an inexplicable order, and couldn't help yelling loudly.

Hearing what Basmanov yelled, the deputy instructor of the reconnaissance platoon walked up to me and said unwillingly: "Comrade Colonel, my subordinates died here. I can't just leave, I want to stay. Take revenge for them."

"Comrade deputy instructor," I said to him with a straight face, "Our order is to rescue you from the siege. Now that this task has been completed, then we should return to the camp immediately." Seeing what he wanted to defend, I hurriedly raised my hand to stop him, and then said: "If the German plane comes, we just want to withdraw and we may not be able to withdraw. Let's execute!" My last sentence was both to the deputy instructor and to Basmano. The husband said.

Seeing the soldiers of the guard battalion assisting several commanders of the communications company to leave, Godunov standing next to me said unconvincedly: "Comrade Commander, I don't understand why you are giving such an order. The enemy is just that. In front of us, why not fight? As long as we rush forward, we can plunge the enemy into chaos...."

I snorted and said coldly: "What's the use of the Germans even if they are in chaos? When they recover, then the company you led will be eaten by them all easily. Then, Not only did we fail to rescue the besieged communications squad, we also added another company to the German army's results."

Seeing Godunov's speechless, I urged him: "Comrade Lieutenant, don't stop here, go and gather the troops. After Basmanov and them are safely transferred, we will also withdraw."

Although Godunov looked unwilling, but seeing my serious expression, he had to agree and obediently gather the troops scattered in the individual shelters on the hillside.

However, after occupying the relay station, the German army stopped its operations, allowing our small unit after the break to withdraw smoothly to the new defense zone of the independent division.

As soon as I returned to the headquarters, Cui Kefu called. His anxious voice came from the headset: "Oshanina, has the rescue mission been completed?"

After a moment of silence, I replied: "Report to Comrade Commander, only half is done."

"If you are done, you say you are done, if you are not done, you say you are not done. What does it mean that you are only half done?" Cui Kefu asked me dissatisfied with the geology in the headset.

"Comrade Commander, the situation is like this. After we rushed to our destination, we found that the Germans were attacking the high ground guarded by the communications company. I ordered the troops to attack decisively and beat the Germans severely from behind. Retreated their offense and covered the troops holding the high ground to join us."

"Isn't it a very good job? After all, the communications company was rescued." Cui Kefu asked puzzledly: "Then why do you say that the mission is only half completed?"

"That's it, Comrade Commander." I said bitterly, "I thought that if I rescued this small unit, it would be a task. But when I was going to take them with me, Ye Fu, the political instructor of the communications company. Tifeyev told me that in the relay station behind the high ground, there are two squads of scouts and one squad of female communications soldiers."

After hearing this, Cui Kefu was taken aback and asked nervously, "Ah! Have the remaining personnel been rescued?"

"No. When I heard the news, the Germans launched a new offensive on the high ground. You know, my troops are not well-trained, and I have to confront the well-equipped and well-trained Germans, not their opponents, besides the Germans. People still have a dozen tanks~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and we only have two tanks with insufficient fuel and ammunition. We can't fight them at all, so we can only watch the enemy pounce on the relay station behind the high ground."

"What happened later?" Cui Kefu's tone became solemn.

"Although our troops who stick to the relay station are at a disadvantage not only in terms of equipment but also in numbers, they are still fighting stubbornly with the Germans. Especially the squad leader of the women's communications squad, Corporal Naja, who was resolute after being surrounded by the Germans. The ground said to me:'All the female soldiers in our communications class will stay in this place. When the Germans arrive, we will finish all the bullets and leave the last bullet to ourselves.' She is not only What I said is the same. I heard a few Germans walking towards her in the earphones. She decisively fired at the enemy. In the case of serious injuries, she committed suicide by drinking a bomb to be an improper prisoner. "

After hearing what I said, Cui Kefu fell into silence. After a long time, he said slowly: "Corporal Nadya is our hero. Although she does not belong to our 64th Army, we still have to report her heroic deeds. You. Immediately sort out the information and report it to me. I will report to the front army headquarters so that more officers and soldiers can learn from her spirit of being brave and tenacious, rather than surrendering."

"Understand, Comrade Commander, I will take care of this immediately." (To be continued...)