Burning Moscow

42 Cruel Battle (3)

I ran to Lelyushinka, squatted down and sat up carefully to support him, only to find that he was not only injured on his forehead, but his army coat had been stained red with blood, and several parts were still grunting out. Bleeding. Seeing this situation, my tears rolled down my cheeks, calling him anxiously: “Comrade Major General! Comrade Major General! How are you?”

He still covered his forehead with his hands, looked at me blankly, and said, “We were beaten back by the sight of the enemy army. I didn’t expect to be injured in this situation. I was so lucky.”

I stretched my hands under his armpits, clasped his shoulders, half-bended back and dragged him into the command post. In the process of dragging, his head tilted silently to one side, and the hand that had covered the wound also dropped, making me feel that his life was being lost little by little.

“Lelyushenka, General Lelyushenka, please, don’t sleep! Wake up!” Tears blurred my vision, I accelerated the speed of dragging backwards, and at the same time shouted hoarsely: “Someone Is there anyone? Help me! Help me!”

As I shouted, it took a long time to know where the two helmeted warriors came from. Without a word, they took Lelyushenka from my hand, jumped out of the trenches and carried him to the headquarters. Go, I followed them tearfully.

After entering the headquarters, the two soldiers brought Lelyushinka in, put him on the camp bed, and was bandaging him. Only then did I see that both of them were carrying the medicine box, and the arms were covered with white prints. Sleeve with red cross. It turns out that they are all health workers. With them, the major general will not be in danger of life. I was so nervous, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the ground leaning against the wall, panting heavily. In addition to exhausting all my physical strength, the violent exercise just now made me wear the clothes next to my body. Soaked in sweat.

The phone on the desk rang suddenly, and I was taken aback. I thought to myself, didn’t Lelyushinka just ran out of the observation post by throwing the microphone aside? How could the phone still ring? Upon closer inspection, it turned out that another one was ringing. I took a deep breath, stood up against the wall with my hand, stepped to the table in two steps, and grabbed the microphone.

“I am Colonel Karotov, the commander of the Fourth Tank Brigade, and the chief of staff of the group army sent to direct the battle here, Comrade Yesakov, died.” Before I could speak, the other party hurriedly told me this. Unfortunate news.

“Ah?!” My heart was shocked. The commander was injured and the chief of staff died. Then who should command this unit? I definitely can’t. I simply don’t have the experience and ability to command tens of thousands of troops. If I command blindly, it is entirely possible that the entire army will be wiped out.

As soon as I put the phone down, the ringing rang again. This time it was from Colonel Porosuhi. Before I could speak, he hurriedly said: “My political commissar was sacrificed, and several positions were also killed by the Germans. Occupied, please group army can send me a reserve team, so that I can organize the troops to take back the lost positions.”

“Colonel Polo Suhi, I am the Special Commander of the Front Army, Major Oshanina.” I replied distraughtly, “General Lelyushenka, the commander of the group army, was injured. I am taking over his command. I do not have Reserve team…”

“Ah?!” He was shocked when he heard the news, but he continued to state to me the difficulties he was facing: “My troops have already suffered more than half of the casualties, and many battalions have been exhausted, but it is positive. The German army is still under the cover of tanks, launching a frantic attack on our position.”

“Okay, Comrade Colonel.” I said impatiently, “I repeat, I don’t have a reserve team in my hand. If it is not possible, I will personally go to your position and take part in the battle later.” Listen to what I said. , He fell silent immediately, and then I slowed down and suggested to him: “Let the enemy tanks over, then cut off the infantry, and send out soldiers with anti-tank weapons to destroy the tanks that have lost the cover of the infantry.”

When the phone rang for the third time, I had completely lost my patience. I picked up the microphone and didn’t wait for the other person to speak. I couldn’t help but yelled in irritation: “Which commander of TMD was injured or killed?”

“Lida!” A familiar voice from Zhukov came from the microphone. He chuckled and said, “Dear Major, why are you so angry? What happened? Where is General Lelyushenko?”

His series of questions made my tears fall again. I choked and said: “Comrade General, the situation is very dangerous. The Germans once attacked the group army headquarters. General Lelyushenko was injured in the battle. Yesakov, chief of staff of the group army, also died. Now the entire group army has lost its unified command and is fighting on its own.”

“Okay, don’t cry, don’t cry!” He comforted me on the phone, “Crying won’t solve any problems. How is General Lelyushenka’s injury? Can you continue to command the battle?”

I wiped my tears and looked at the general who was lying on the camp bed, who was being tightly bandaged by the hygienist, and replied, “No, he is seriously injured.”

“Can you accept the command of the group army and take command?” Zhukov was silent for a while, and then made this suggestion.

I thought about it, and immediately rejected his proposal, and replied: “Comrade General, I cannot accept your proposal. I have commanded a battalion at most, and I do not have the experience and ability to command large troops. Therefore, I replied: “Comrade General, I cannot accept your proposal. , I strongly suggest to you that Colonel Polo Suhi takes over the command of the group army. He used to command a division for a long time. With his experience and work ability, he is more qualified than me for this position.” , I paused for a moment, and then continued: “At the same time, I strongly request that you can send us some reserve teams. At present, the troops have been seriously damaged. The battalions and companies under the group army have been exhausted. The defense line is in danger, at any time. There is a possibility of fall….”

“Okay! Okay!” Zhukov interrupted me: “How can you be like them, ask me for a reserve team, as if I would turn into a troop out of thin air.”

“But the current situation is indeed dangerous, Comrade General.”

“I understand this, so I sent troops to you an hour ago, and I believe they will be there soon. I called just to inform you and get ready to receive them as soon as possible.” His words made a big stone in my heart. After landing, it would be nice to have a reserve team coming up, at least this line of defense can last a few more days.

“It’s great. Comrade General!” I said excitedly: “On behalf of the soldiers of the Fifth Army, I thank you. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com”

“Okay, okay! Don’t talk about these official words, after the reserve team goes up, you must block the Germans for a few more days. I arranged for the air force to support you. As long as the German tanks are repelled, you will be under pressure. It will weaken a lot.” After a while, he said again: “Also, we must tell the soldiers that there is Moscow behind us and we have no way to go.” After speaking, he hung up the phone.

I stood in front of the observation hole, using a telescope to observe the situation on the battlefield. Our tanks lined up behind the first trench and were attacking the attacking German tanks and infantry with artillery fire. The enemy’s tanks were destroyed a lot, but from time to time our army fired from tanks. According to this style of play, it will not take long before we estimate that our army’s tanks should be completely lost. But I couldn’t help them either, I could only watch the tank troops stop there and fight the enemy.

“Who is the commander here?” A loud voice suddenly came from behind. I looked back and saw that an officer wearing a big brimmed hat and a military coat was standing at the door, then put down his binoculars and walked over, answering him: “I am Major Oshanina, Special Commissioner of the Western Front. Who are you?”

The officer saluted me and said: “Captain Sufentsev, the commander of the Guards Rocket Battalion, reported to you that I was ordered to come here for reinforcements. Please instruct me if I have any tasks.”

Great, the power of this rocket launcher is enough for the Germans. I pulled him to the observation hole and pointed to the German troops in front of the position and said: “Your battalion will immediately fire two salvos on your offensive troops. You must destroy as many German tanks as possible. Do you understand?”

“Understood!” The captain agreed, then turned and ran out of the command post.