Burning Moscow

83 Bloody Battle Station (10)

We are ready to open fire when the Germans get closer.

Unexpectedly, I saw a strange scene: The Germans advanced to a place 50 meters away from our position and then stopped, and there was no attack or finding a place to hide. A soldier walking in the front even took off the helmet on his head, turned and handed the weapon to the soldier next to him. Then he held his hands high, with a white handkerchief in his right hand, and strode towards us.

“What’s going on?” Seeing what happened, I stood up from behind the bunker, looked at Lu Jin next to him, and then hesitated to ask Lu Jin, “What is the German army doing, do you want to surrender?”

Lu Jin slung the submachine gun on his shoulder and said, “I’ll take a look.”

“Do you know German?” I asked with some worry. If I don’t know German, I wouldn’t understand German intentions even in the past.

“No problem, I had dealt with the Germans in Brest, and knew some German.” He said, he bypassed the fortifications and walked over to meet the German soldier.

The two murmured and chatted for a long time on the street full of corpses, and then Lukin followed the German soldier to the German camp.

“Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, do we need to keep up?” Aguminte, Aji and Isayev asked me in unison.

I took a closer look and saw that the two were walking unhurriedly, and the German soldiers leaning on the corner were standing there very honestly, without any movement. He shook his head and said, “It’s okay. Let Lu Jin go over and see the situation. I also really want to know what medicine these German devils sell in their gourds.”

Aguminte and Aggie heard what I said, but didn’t say anything. They squatted down and watched the German army in front of them vigilantly with their weapons. Only Isayev was still worried, walking back and forth in the bunker.

“Isayev,” I looked at him anxiously, and quickly looked for a topic to divert his attention: “How about the casualties of the artillery company? How much ammunition?”

This method really worked. He stopped, thinking about it, and replied: “More than 70 soldiers were injured or killed. There are still two mortars of 50 caliber and three of 82 calibers, but there are no shells; 45 One millimeter anti-tank gun and two rounds.”

His answer shocked me. In the previous battle, the German tank was the only threat to us, and we paid such a high price. If the attacking German forces attacked us under the cover of a large number of tanks after plane bombing and artillery bombardment, can we defend it?

While I was thinking about it, Aji exclaimed excitedly: “Lu Jin is back!”

I quickly looked up and looked into the street. It turned out that Lu Jin was back. He was walking beside him with a German officer wearing a big brimmed hat. Behind the officer was the soldier who did not wear a helmet. The soldier held a rod with both hands. white flag.

“I really came to surrender!” As I said, I walked out of the bunker and greeted me along the blood-soaked street. Following me were Aguminte, Aji and several other guard platoon soldiers.

The streets were full of corpses. Although I stepped carefully, I stepped on the stumps of the German army’s limbs and severed arms from time to time. I resisted the nausea and continued to walk forward, trying hard not to think about what I was stepping on under my feet, lest I couldn’t help running to the side and vomiting the yellow gall bladder.

took a few more steps, and the ground was full of all kinds of internal organs and clothes fragments. Unless you stepped on it, there was no place to stay. So I stopped and shouted to Lu Jin not far away: “Lu Jin, bring that German officer here!”

Lu Jin and the officer came to me, pointed at me and introduced to the officer, “This is our commander, Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina.”

When he was about to explain the German officer to me, the officer stepped forward, stood at attention and saluted me, and said, “Hello, officer girl, we meet again!”

meet again? ! When he said this, not only Lu Jin, but also I was stunned. When did I deal with German officers? And what surprised me even more was that the officer actually spoke Russian just now, and he spoke very skillfully and standardly.

“When did we meet? I don’t have any impression at all!” I also figured out what was going on, so I didn’t even bother to ask them if they came to surrender, so I went straight to the subject and asked what I was concerned about. problem.

“Have you forgotten? On the Pulkovo Heights outside St. Petersburg, I used to take people to condense the bodies of our fallen soldiers. You were there at the time. But then you were a lieutenant, and now you are a lieutenant colonel. , It’s amazing.” He said he gave me a thumbs up.

Pulkovo Highland, when I heard this familiar place name, I suddenly remembered. At that time, an officer holding a white flag and a crappy interpreter wearing a boat-shaped hat came to negotiate. The officer holding the white flag in my memory is somewhat similar to the officer in front of me. Thinking of this, I nodded and said to him: “I remember, the one who negotiated with you before the battlefield was a very bad Russian translator.”

“Yes, yes, you finally remembered. After the corpse was converged, my unit was transferred to the center line and participated in the attack on Moscow.”

I coughed, cleared my throat, and asked coldly, “What are you going to do now? Are you surrendering?”

When the officer heard me say this, he hurriedly saluted me and said respectfully: “The German Army’s 35th Infantry Division 139 Regiment Major Battalion Commander Von Tolmann, led the 139th Regiment to surrender to the Soviet Army! ”

“Wula!” Cheers suddenly came from behind me. I turned around and took a look. Several guards and soldiers behind me held up their weapons, shouted and ran back, shouting as they ran: “The German devils have surrendered! The German devils have surrendered!!!”

With their shouts, the soldiers who had been hidden in the fortifications and bunkers also stood up, raised the weapons in their hands and cheered in unison, shouting “Ula!” When someone couldn’t help but pull the trigger to the sky. , Suddenly the shooting sound of various calibre weapons became a whole.

I watched the soldiers’ carnival with a smile, and didn’t make any untimely words to stop it. In the intensive gunfire, I felt someone touch my shoulder and turned my head to see that it was Lu Jin. He approached my ear and said loudly: “The German devils surrendered to us, you haven’t answered them yet.”

Listening to Lu Jin’s words, I feel a little embarrassed, patronizing my own happiness, and forgetting that the Germans are still waiting for my answer. Quickly stand up straight, put on a serious face, and replied: “Major von Tolmann, on behalf of the 316th Infantry Division of the Soviet Army, I accept the surrender of the German army. Now, you bring all your troops here, Go to the station in front to disarm.” Then he said to Lu Jin: “You take a platoon of soldiers to contact the troops who have fought from the city, saying that the Germans have surrendered and let them stop the attack. Remember, you must Go under the banner to avoid misunderstandings.”

“Yes!” Lu Jin agreed, and ran back to our army position to gather the manpower.

Von Tolman led the troops and followed me to the open space in front of the station building. The place was full of our soldiers. The first acquaintances I saw were Zhelia and Festov. I immediately stopped Festov: “Comrade Lieutenant, the Germans are here to surrender. You are responsible for leading people to collect weapons and arrange for their evacuation.”

“Yes!”

“Where are Pavlov and Sapochuk?” From the end of the battle until now, I haven’t seen anyone in Erlian, so I am especially worried that they will all die in the battle.

“Comrade Commander, we are here!” Pavlov and Sapochuk squeezed from the crowd not far away, came to me and stood up and saluted.

Seeing the two of them standing in front of me alive, my worries suddenly turned into surprises and comforts. I reached out and patted them on the shoulders and said, “It’s good to be alive.”

then turned around and asked Geria: “Is there any quiet place around here?”

“Yes, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel!” He pointed to the blasted gap and said, “There is a station conference room on the first floor. It has not been destroyed by artillery fire, and it can still be used normally.”

“You take us there!” Then I greeted Pavlov, Sapochuk and von Tolman: “Let’s go!”

As I walked in through the gap in the wall, I curiously asked Gelia, who led the way: “Gelia, why did you come to the 1077 regiment? What the **** is going on?”

Geriya replied: “Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I am on your order to **** the rescued soldiers back to the defense zone with a few soldiers. I just met the division commander. He said that the defense of the station is weak, so we are here. All the people in the batch were added to the 1077 regiment, because the company commander of the first battalion and the third company died in the battle, so I acted as the company commander.”

spoke, and came to the door of the conference room. Geria opened the crumbling door and walked in first. I went in and saw that the walls in the room were empty. There was not even a common portrait of Stalin. It is estimated that the staff at the station had already taken the portrait away when they moved. In the middle of the room is a long wooden table with a lot of long stools around the table with a thick layer of soil falling on it. Relia stepped forward to dust the stool with his sleeve, then stretched the stool in front of me, and said graciously: “Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please sit down.”

I’m not welcome, and I beckon everyone to sit down together. Everyone found a stool, dusted off the dirt on it, and sat down, because some people’s movements were relatively large. As a result, the room was dusty and it took a while to return to normal.

I asked von Tolman, who was sitting next to me: “Mr. Major, listen to your name, is your family a German nobleman?”

“No,” he hesitated for a while, before hesitatingly said: “My father is just an ordinary government official, and I… I am a Social Democrat. I am anti-war, very abhorrent to war, and the so-called propaganda ‘Victory’ has lost any hope, and Hitler will see that it is over before I will lead the troops to surrender to the Soviet army….”

“Enough, put away your rhetoric.” A voice from the door interrupted him. I looked in the direction of the voice, Commander Rokosowski and 316 of the 16th Army. Division commander Panfilov and political commissar Yegorov stood at the door. I quickly stood up and saluted him and said, “Comrade Commander, hello!”

Rokosovsky nodded at me and walked into the room and said: “Any German officers and soldiers caught by us, afraid of being shot by us, say they are Social Democrats.” After standing at the table, he ordered The soldiers he led at the door: “Take this major to Ustinovo.”

Hearing him say this, I knew in my heart that this Ustinovo should be the new station of the group army headquarters. What makes me feel strange is that since the last time I saw the real Lida in my dream, many inexplicable place names have appeared in my mind, including Volokramsk and this Ustinovo.

After von Tolman was escorted away by the soldiers, all the people who had sat in the meeting room withdrew except me. Rokosovsky spread a map on the table and discussed the current battle with Panfilov and Yegorov. And I stood aside, waiting for their latest order.

Rokosovsky looked up at me and asked, “Comrade Oshanina, what have you gained from this time you went to reconnaissance behind enemy lines?”

“Yes!”

“Then report it.”

“Yes!” I agreed, and then began to report in detail the reconnaissance intelligence to the commander: “As far as reconnaissance knows, in the presence of the 16th Army, the Germans concentrated on the motorized 46th and 46th tanks of the 5th Army and the 4th Tank Group. 40th Corps. The 106th and 35th Infantry Divisions took the starting positions north of Volokolamsk. On the lot west and southeast of Volokolamsk, facing the left flank of our army, the Germans deployed 4 Two tank divisions: tank 2nd, 11th, 5th and 10th divisions and a SS motorized division. More importantly, Guderian’s headquarters is located in the manor of Count Tolstoy…. …”

In the information reported to Rokosovsky, except for the information of Guderian’s headquarters in the manor, which I personally detected, the rest of the content seems to have come out of my mind, and I don’t know. what happened. However, judging from the situation at the time of the report, it is estimated that it will not be false. I don’t know the number of the troops of the moral army.

“The situation is very serious, comrades!” Rokosovsky tapped the map with a pencil: “From the current distribution of German forces, Volokramsk station will be the focus of the German offensive, Panfilov Commander, can you draw troops from other places to strengthen the defense here?”

Panfilov shook his head: “It’s very difficult, Comrade Commander, it’s really impossible to draw any troops! Dubosekovo will stand and be dangerous, and the 1075 regiment defending there is only left with more than 500 people. ”

Rokosovsky was silent, his brows furrowed into knots, and for a while, he bit his bruise lips, left the map, and walked straight to me.

“Lieutenant Colonel Oshaninna.”

“Here!”

He tapped on the wooden table with his finger, and asked: “I will leave the station to you, can I hold it for five days?”

Originally, I was full of confidence in defending the station, but after the battle I had just finished, I had a rational understanding of the strengths of both sides. Faced with the surging German offensive, it was already very good to be able to hold on for one day. It’s a good thing to hold for five days. joke. I opened my mouth, just about to speak, and felt that it was not appropriate to say so, so I didn’t say anything.

“I want to ask you something! Can I stay here for five days?” Rokosovsky was a little anxious when he saw that I didn’t answer.

“I…I can’t guarantee.” It seemed that it was impossible not to speak, so I could only answer haltingly.

“Four days?”

I still shook my head: “After the battle just now, I…I only have less than 400 people left and the consumption of weapons and ammunition is very high, and there is no heavy weapon, so I can’t stand the German attack. of.”

“How about three days?”

Seeing Rokosovsky’s aggressiveness, I almost cried: “Comrade Commander, it’s not that I don’t want to defend, but I really can’t hold it. We don’t have strong fortifications, as long as the Germans use airplanes to bomb them. There will be heavy artillery bombardment, and when they attack, there will be no more living people left in our position.”

“You!” Rokosovsky raised his slap in anger, but it didn’t come down. I thought to myself that if it was not me who stood in front of him, but a man, he would have slapped both fans. coming.

“I really didn’t see it. It turns out that our heroine is also a coward who is greedy for life and fear of death.” Yegorov next to him bit his molars and said such a sentence.

Now that he said such a horrible thing, I had to refute it. I said rudely: “In order to defend the motherland, I am not afraid of sacrifice. Since I want to guard the station, I will guard. But I can’t guarantee how much I can guard. God, it can only be guaranteed that the last person in the battle will never retreat.”

Hearing my harsh words, Rokosovsky couldn’t help feeling a little moved. He stepped forward and put his hands on my shoulders, comfortingly said: “Comrade Oshanina, I hope you can Live to victory instead of sacrificing the soldiers here. You must know that behind Moscow is Moscow, we have nowhere to go Welcome to read the latest, fastest and hottest serials. Works all at