Red Moscow

  Chapter 421 Sailors are here

   "Lieutenant Colonel Sidolin, call Sergeant Vasily immediately." Chuikov told Sidolin: "I want to assign this task to him personally, and at the same time express my gratitude for what he has done for us."

Regardless of Chuikov's statement, there is suspicion of leapfrog command, but Sidolin did not dare to neglect, and immediately called the guard company commander Sergesha, and said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, order the sniper Vasily to come immediately." Headquarters come."

  Vassily soon appeared in the command post, and with him, there was Klimov who took the squad members to bandage the wound. Seeing Klimov appear, Chuikov immediately asked with concern: "Have the wounded been bandaged?"

   "Yes, Comrade Commander." Klimov glanced at Vasily and said gratefully: "Vassily also found us a place for comrades to rest there."

   "Sergeant Vasily," Chuikov held out his hand to Vasily and said with a smile on his face, "First of all, on behalf of all the members of the squad, I would like to express my sincere thanks for everything you have done for us."

  Hearing Chuikov call himself a sergeant, Vasily said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, I am just a new soldier who has just joined the army and has not yet obtained a military rank."

"Comrade Vasily Zaitsev." Sokov hurriedly said beside him: "I officially inform you that from now on, you have been promoted to the rank of sergeant. In addition, the sniper team in the guard company also It is your sole command."

  Knowing that he was promoted to sergeant, Vasily had a surprised expression on his face. He quickly stood up and reported according to the regulations: "Serve the Soviet motherland!"

"Sergeant Vasily, you have done a good job." Chuikov nodded at him, and said appreciatively, "I believe that your chest will be covered with various medals in a short time. Now, let me arrange a decoration for you." A special mission." After speaking, he put a hand on Vasily's shoulder and walked towards the location of the map.

   After walking a few steps, Chuikov saw that his adjutant was still standing still, so he said to him: "And you, Klimov, you also need your assistance in this task."

The three of them came to the wall, and Cuikov pointed to the map on the wall with a stick, and said to them: "At noon, a unit of our army will cross the river from the east bank. The task of you two is to take this Take a detachment to the area between the station and the Tsaritsa River, and let them fight the enemy in that area."

  Vassily scratched the back of his head and said with some embarrassment: "Comrade Commander, there are Germans everywhere now. It is impossible for our troops to drive in that direction without being discovered by the enemy."

"You don't have to worry about this, you just need to bring the newly arrived troops to that area, and my adjutant will take care of the rest." Cuikov was afraid that Vasily would evade again, so he added a sentence: "You should know , among the people I trust, you are the most familiar with the terrain."

Chuikov's words made Vasily agitated. He didn't expect that he was actually someone trusted by the commander, so he replied without hesitation: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will definitely bring the friendly troops to the designated place smoothly." Location."

   Chuikov did not mention to Vasily how to start the battle after the troops arrived at the designated location, after all, his rank was too low. Chuikov whispered a few words to Klimov, then raised his voice: "Comrade adjutant, if possible, after the 92nd Rifle Brigade lands, bring their commander to me."

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." Klimov replied: "I promise to complete the task."

  ...

  The vanguard battalion of the 92nd Infantry Brigade began to cross the river at noon. Because Chuikov had greeted the front army headquarters in advance, when the troops crossed the river, two fighter planes were dispatched to drive away the enemy planes bombing and strafing over the Volga River. Because of this, the vanguard battalion's crossing of the river seemed relatively safe. Except for a few inaccurate shells fired by the German army, which exploded in the river and splashed water that wet the soldiers' clothes, there were no casualties at all.

  Klimov saw that most of the sailors who disembarked were carrying rifles and wearing canvas, and there were only a handful of them equipped with submachine guns, let alone machine guns. Seeing the equipment of the sailors, Klimov couldn't help but secretly frowned, wondering if their preparations could stop the Germans?

  When the sailors rushed towards the position where he and Vasily were located, Klimov shouted loudly: "Sailors, where is your commander?"

  But their shouts were covered by the noisy voices at the ferry. When a large group of sailors passed by them, no one stopped to tell them where the commander was. In desperation, Kerimov had no choice but to grab a passing sailor and shouted at him: "I said, comrade sailor, where is your commander?"

  The sailor with a tired face saw clearly the military rank on Klimov's collar badge, and quickly straightened his body and reported to Klimov: "Comrade commander, our battalion commander is still behind, do you need me to take you there?"

  When Kerimov and Vasily followed the sailors and walked against the crowd to the river, Kerimov asked the sailors loudly: "Hey, I say comrade sailor, what's your name?"

   "Are you referring to me, Comrade Commander?" Seeing Klimov nodding in affirmative, the sailor immediately replied, "My name is Holol, and I am from the Baltic Fleet."

  Klimov heard that the opponent was from the Baltic Fleet, his eyes lit up, and he asked tentatively: "Comrade Holol, have you participated in the battle to defend Leningrad?"

"Yes, I have participated." Holol replied with some embarrassment: "But I only participated indirectly. The warship I was on bombarded the enemy attacking the city, but I don't know exactly what the shells hit. "

   "It's all right now, you can compete with the Germans face to face." Klimov continued to ask: "Are there many sailors from the Baltic Fleet?"

"Our first battalion is composed of marines from the Baltic Fleet." Hollor said proudly: "You must know that the fathers of many soldiers participated in the attack on the Winter Palace. It will bring shame on the names of the fathers."

   "Good job, Holol." Hearing this, Klimov said to Holol approvingly: "I believe that you will definitely hit the Japanese invaders severely in Stalingrad."

   "Holol, who are you bringing here?" The two were walking and chatting, when suddenly an officer walked up to him and asked Holol, "What are they doing here?"

"Hello, Comrade Captain." Seeing that the naval officer had a higher rank than himself, Klimov hurriedly reported: "I am Klimov, the adjutant of General Chuikov, the commander of the army group, and I am ordered to take you to the designated battle. Place."

"This is really great." Hearing what Klimov said, the lieutenant of the navy showed a pleasant expression on his face: "I'm worrying about where I should take the troops! By the way, I am Lieutenant Lemuse Husband, it's a pleasure to meet you, Comrade Adjutant. Next, please act as our guide and go to the city to teach the Germans a lesson."

   "Don't worry, Comrade Captain. There are many Germans in the city for you to fight." Seeing that Remusev was approachable, Klimov said with a relaxed expression, "Where is your brigade headquarters?"

Remusev turned his head and pointed to the other side of the Volga, and said: "The members of the brigade headquarters and the other three battalions are still waiting to cross the river on the east bank." He put down his hands and said to Klimov, "Adjutant Comrade, please take us to the city."

   "Sergeant Vasily," Klimov called Vasily over and told him, "You take Captain Lemusev and the others to the city, and I will stay here and continue to wait for the brigade headquarters of the 92nd Brigade."

   "Understood!" After Vasily agreed, he said politely to Remusev: "Comrade Navy Captain, please come with me, and I will take you and your troops to the city."

Looking at the backs of the sailors leaving, Klimov couldn't help muttering in his heart: Although this is a sailor unit with a glorious history, their equipment is really poor. The soldiers are almost all rifles. There are only a handful of machine guns and submachine guns. Such equipment is fine for defensive warfare. If they are allowed to attack the Germans who have superior firepower, it is tantamount to letting them die.

  Klimov waited for nearly two hours to cross the river, and finally waited for the second batch of troops from the 93rd Infantry Brigade. After identifying himself to a naval lieutenant commander, he asked, "Comrade major, has your brigade headquarters crossed the river?"

   "Yes, Comrade Adjutant." The lieutenant commander said politely: "They are on that ship. If you need anything, you can go to them directly."

Klimov followed the lieutenant commander's guidance and came to a ferry boat parked on the pier, but before going ashore, he was stopped by an army soldier with a submachine gun, and the other side asked expressionlessly: "Commander?" Comrade, what can you do?"

   "Comrade soldier," Klimov thought the soldier was a soldier sent to maintain order on the pier, and explained to him: "I am the adjutant of the army headquarters, and I came here to find the brigade headquarters."

   "Comrade Second Lieutenant," the soldier turned his head and shouted towards the ship, "he said he was an adjutant from the Army Group Headquarters."

  A second lieutenant in army uniform came to the side of the ship after hearing the shout, looked Klimov up and down, and asked, "Comrade adjutant, what can you do?"

  Klimov looked at the second lieutenant in front of him in surprise, and thought to himself: Did I go to the wrong place? How could there be an army commander in the navy? However, he replied instinctively: "I am the adjutant of the Group Army Command, and I am here to find the commander of the 93rd Brigade under the order of Comrade Commander."

  (end of this chapter)