Chapter 1056 Adaptation of broken soldiers

   Before Ruhlie came to the field position, the rout was not far from the trench.

  Looking at the broken soldiers coming towards his position, Lu Helie couldn't help frowning. He knew very well in his heart that the appearance of these broken soldiers would affect the morale and morale of his troops. He hurriedly crossed the half-deep trench, quickly came to the front of the group of rout soldiers, raised one hand high, and shouted loudly: "Stop, stop!"

  Maybe his voice was too low, the rout soldiers didn't hear it, and they still came slowly towards the field position. A tank soldier following Lu Helie saw that the rout soldiers did not hear Lu Helie's shout, so he quickly pointed the muzzle of his submachine gun at the sky and fired a burst. The sudden sound of gunfire startled the dejected and aimlessly advancing soldiers, and some people who were close to Ruhlie stopped unconsciously.

   "Stop, everyone stop!" Seeing that the rout soldiers who were walking in the front had stopped, Ruhlie continued to shout loudly: "Everyone stop, don't go any further."

  The tank soldiers behind Ruhlie were afraid that the rout soldiers in the distance would not be able to hear them, so they also shouted, several times in a row. The broken soldiers who were walking towards the position stopped and stood there in a daze.

   "Among you... who is the commander!" Ruhlie looked at the dark crowd in front of him and asked loudly, "Everyone come to me!"

   After a while, a few lieutenant officers squeezed out from the crowd. They came to Ruhlie and asked with a dull expression: "Comrade Colonel, do you have any instructions?"

  Ruhelie glanced at several people, and found that the highest rank was only a captain, so he asked with a straight face: "Comrade captain, can you tell me where you plan to go?"

  The captain replied with a look of panic: "Comrade Colonel, don't you see that we have been attacked by the Germans and the troops have been defeated?"

   "I see." Ruhlie said lightly: "But what I'm asking is, where are you going to go next?"

   "I don't know, I don't know." The captain continued: "Anyway, as long as you can stay away from the Germans, the better."

   A soldier standing not far away, whose face was blackened by gunpowder, shouted loudly: "I said, Comrade Colonel, what are we still doing here? Before the Germans come, let's move quickly."

"Transfer, where are you going to move?" Luhlie saw a tree stump not far away, so with the help of the tank soldiers, he stood on the tree stump and said loudly to the group of broken soldiers in front of him: "I It is Colonel Ruhlie, the commander of the 19th Brigade of Independent Tanks. Not long ago, our brigade used the last shells to repel a German attack. Now a German armored regiment is following us, heading here Come. If you want to pass through our position and continue to retreat west or south, you may encounter this enemy head-on. Do you want to be captured by the Germans?"

  Ru Helie's words silenced the rout soldiers as a whole. Everyone worked so hard to withdraw from the battlefield just to escape danger, and no one wanted to be a prisoner. Once you become a prisoner, no matter if you can't hold your head up in front of outsiders for the rest of your life, you will even hurt your family.

"Our brigade is preparing to continue to advance eastward according to the orders of the superiors." Seeing that the defeated soldiers were silent, Ruhlie knew that what he had just said had moved them: "If you are not willing to be captured by the Germans, let yourself and your family If you are ashamed, join us."

"Time is running out." Ruhlie understood the principle of striking while the iron is hot. Seeing the defeated soldiers, he seemed a little hesitant at the moment, "I will immediately incorporate you into the army and register your names, military ranks, and the troops you belong to. As long as you can Follow us to break out together. When reporting the results of the battle in the future, I will truthfully report to your superiors the personal heroism and bravery you have shown in battle. By that time, not only will you not be deserters, but you will also be able to become the motherland hero."

"Hello, Colonel Ruhlie!" After listening to Ruhlie's promise, the captain first made a decision. Instead of being a prisoner of the Germans, it would be better if the tank brigade fought bravely, and maybe it would return in the future. Can be honored. After making up his mind, he took the initiative to say to Ruhlie: "I am Captain Ke Guoer, and I am willing to join your army."

Ruhlie jumped off the stump, came to the captain, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder twice, and then said with a smile: "Captain Ke Guoer, on behalf of the commanders and fighters of the whole brigade, I welcome you to join. You are now a staff officer. Register with the commander, and then you will be the commander of the second battalion."

Lieutenant Ke Guoer originally thought that even if he agreed to join the tank brigade, the other party would at most give him the position of company commander, but unexpectedly let him be the battalion commander. While being grateful, he straightened his body and said to Ruhlie: " Comrade Colonel, thank you for your trust in me, I will definitely perform well in the next battle."

   Considering that it is very time-consuming to reorganize this group of defeated soldiers. If the previous reorganization method is followed, I am afraid that before the reorganization is completed, the Germans behind will have caught up. So Ruhlie called the surviving battalion and company commanders to the front and told them: "Comrades, time is running out. We can't reorganize the troops as we used to. Now you select personnel and organize them into your respective companies, and then During the march, register them again."

  The battalion and company commanders all understood the situation of the tank brigade, and after a loud promise, they got into the group of defeated soldiers. They shouted the number of their company loudly, and asked at the same time: "Which one of you would like to join?"

   Just like that, in less than 20 minutes, more than 700 defeated soldiers were organized into three battalions of the tank brigade.

Luhlie looked at the tanks and armored vehicles parked in the forest in the distance, turned his head and told the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, those tanks and armored vehicles are all out of fuel, you send someone to blow them up, it will definitely not be complete." leave it to the Germans."

After the chief of staff arranged the manpower to blow up the tanks and armored vehicles, he saw that the troops not far away had completed the assembly, so he asked Ruhlie for instructions: "Comrade Brigadier, the troops have been assembled. What should we do next? Should we stick to our position or take advantage of the enemy's absence and move east as soon as possible?"

"Let's move to the east." After weighing the pros and cons, Rukhle made a decisive decision: "If we want to completely break out of the encirclement of the German army, we can only continue eastward and rush to Lugansk and the troops standing there. Convergence. Chief of Staff, order the troops to leave immediately!"

  (end of this chapter)