Chapter 1411 Ferocious Attack

   "Battalion Commander, Comrade Commander." Lida was chatting with Katya when she suddenly heard someone calling herself, "Are you inside?"

  Lida heard the voice of a subordinate in charge of distributing food, got up quickly and went to the door, and asked outside, "What's the matter?"

"Comrade Battalion Commander," the female soldier saw Lida's appearance and hurriedly took two steps forward. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly saw Kaka sitting in the room staring at her intently, and approached Lida. In Da's ear, he whispered, "That German second lieutenant said he wanted to see you."

   "What did he see me for?"

"have no idea."

   Lida turned her head and glanced at Katya who was sitting in the room, and then made a decisive decision: "Bring him here."

  After the female soldier turned and left, Lida turned and walked back to the house, and said to Katya, "Katya, I wonder if you can go to your friends now and ask them if they have any thoughts on joining the army?"

   Lida was worried that Katya would be irritated when Otto came over later, so she tried to send her away. But Katya did not see Lida's intentions, and said enthusiastically: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will go to them right away. I can give you a satisfactory answer in an hour at the latest."

   "Thank you so much, Katya." Lida held the other's hand and said friendlyly, "Then I'll wait for your good news here."

  Not long after sending Katya off, Otto came to Lida under the **** of two soldiers.

   "Mr. Second Lieutenant," Lida asked Otto blankly, "Is there anything you want from me?"

   "Pretty girl," Otto said politely, "In order to thank you for taking care of me and my subordinates, I am going to tell you an important news."

   "Important news," Lida said casually, "Is it about the German attack plan?"

  Hearing what Lida said, Otto's eyes flashed a look of astonishment. But he quickly returned to normal, and said in a positive tone: "That's right, pretty girl, the important news I want to tell you is about our army's attack plan."

   "Please sit down, Second Lieutenant Otto." Lida remembered Otto's name: "Please tell me everything you know."

   "Tomorrow at 9 o'clock in the morning, our division's troops will launch a powerful offensive to Kazakia Compass Town under the cover of the tanks of the armored regiment."

   Lida felt that the information provided by Otto was of little value at all. The Soviet army occupied Compass Town of Kazakia. The Germans would definitely not be reconciled to failure and would definitely send troops to counterattack the town. Even if Otto didn't say anything, the commander in charge of the town's defense knew this in his heart.

  Although Lida didn't take this information seriously, out of politeness, she asked politely: "Second Lieutenant Otto, is the news you said reliable?"

"It's completely reliable." Otto replied affirmatively: "A friend of mine is the staff officer of the division. He told me this news. He said at the time that if today's attack does not go well, let me take my own men." Withdraw from the town and follow the tanks to attack tomorrow, so we have a better chance of taking back the town."

  After listening to Otto's story, Lida had a new idea in her heart. If the other party hadn't lied, then tomorrow's battle would be extremely cruel, and she needed to report the news immediately. She nodded slightly at Otto, and said with a smile: "Second Lieutenant Otto, I understand all the information you provided, and I will report to our superiors according to the steps. Now go back and rest."

   After speaking, Lida ordered the two female warriors who brought Otto to take Otto away.

  After Otto left, Lida sat in her seat and thought for a long time, considering whether she should report the news to Golia or Keda. After repeated thinking, she still decided to report this information. Regardless of whether the enemy will launch an attack on Kazakia Compass Town tomorrow under the cover of tanks, the superior commander must be aware of it.

  After Lida made up her mind, she came to the battalion command post in Golia, planning to report the news to him.

Golia and several of his subordinates were drinking tea and chatting in the command post. When they saw Lida walking in, they quickly stood up and greeted them, and asked with a smile: "Lieutenant Lida, welcome to my command post. I need help you. Would you like a cup of hot tea with honey?"

   "That would be wonderful." Lida replied, "I'm thirsty."

   Lida followed Golia to the table, and immediately a commander got up to make room for her, while another commander put a cup of steaming black tea in front of her.

   After thanking the two commanders, Lida looked up at Golia and said, "Comrade Major, I have received information that is related to the safety of Compass Town in Kazakhia. I think it is necessary to report to you."

   "What information?"

   "At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, the German infantry will attack the town under the cover of tanks." Lida kindly reminded Goria: "Look, do you need to report this news to Colonel Keda immediately?"

   "Captain Lida, where did you get this news from?"

   "It was the captured German second lieutenant Otto who told me."

   "Second Lieutenant Otto is our prisoner. How could he know what the Germans will do tomorrow?"

Faced with Golia's question, Lida explained: "Second Lieutenant Otto said that his friend who was a staff officer at the division headquarters told him the news. The other party also reminded him that if today's attack does not go well, he must take With his troops out of town, ready for tomorrow's attack."

"Comrade Battalion Commander," Grisa heard this, worried that Golia would not pay attention to Lida's information, and hurriedly said to him: "I think the information provided by Captain Lida is very valuable, and we need to report it to our superiors immediately. "

"Comrade Captain," Golia said, waving his hands, "I think every commander and fighter in the town knows that after the enemy is driven out of Kazakia Compass Town by us, they will not be reconciled to their failure and will inevitably resort to crazy measures." Offensive operation to retake Compass Town of Kazakhia."

Lida didn't pay attention to the information provided by Otto at first, but on the way to the battalion command post, she figured out a truth: the Germans knew that today's counterattack during the day would not achieve the desired effect , and put the focus of the offense on tomorrow, which means that tomorrow's battle will be very cruel. If you don't prepare well in advance, I'm afraid you will suffer a big loss.

Seeing that Goria was not paying attention to this matter, she quickly reminded him: "Comrade major, I think this matter should be reported to the superior as soon as possible, so that the superior can understand the enemy's intentions in time and make corresponding deployments." Adjustment."

"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Grisa echoed: "I think we should at least report this matter to the Comrade Commander. As for whether he reports to the division headquarters, it has nothing to do with us. What kind of mistakes, when the superiors track it down, we don't have to bear any responsibility."

Griza's words convinced Golia, he nodded slowly, and said: "Captain Griza, you are right, since we have obtained this information, no matter whether it is important or not, it is necessary to report it to the superior, and the superior will Judge."

  He grabbed the phone on the table, shook the handle twice, then picked up the receiver and stuck it to his ear: "Communication soldier, I'm Major Golia, help me pick up the regiment headquarters."

The call was quickly connected, and Golia reported to the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Majewo: "Comrade commander, Captain Lida has just obtained a piece of information that the enemy will launch a new round of attack on the town tomorrow morning. .”

  "Captain Lida?" Majewo couldn't help frowning when he heard Lida's name: "What does she do? How could she provide you with information?"

Hearing Majevo's question, Golia realized that Lida's troops had come to the grain station. The regiment leader didn't know about it until now, so he quickly explained to him: "Comrade commander, Captain Lida is near In the Artillery Regiment of the 98th Guards Division, her women's anti-aircraft artillery battalion was stationed at the grain depot under the order of the division commander, Colonel Koida, to assist us in guarding the captured German prisoners."

   "Major Goria, why do I become more and more confused the more I listen?" Majwo said, "Since she is from the 98th Guards Division, how could she accept the command of Commander Keda?"

"Comrade Commander, the situation is like this." Golia explained to Magevo on the phone: "Yes, Captain Lida is indeed a member of the 98th Guards Division, but because the division is currently implementing an important For the task, they temporarily left their artillery regiment in the town and assigned it to the commander of the division."

  After Goria’s explanation, Majwo finally understood what was going on, but out of caution, he asked specifically, “Is the source of the news reliable?”

  Golia hesitated again, and he turned his eyes to Lida, hoping to get a positive answer from her. After exchanging glances with him, Lida understood what he meant, and blinked a few times, indicating that her source of information was very reliable. Then Golia said: "She got the information from a prisoner, I think it should be accurate."

   "Why did the captive tell her the news?"

"Because she was ordered by the division commander to bring the women's antiaircraft artillery battalion to the grain station to help us take care of the prisoners." Golia continued: "The dinner for the prisoners tonight was distributed by her people. I think the prisoners may be Seeing that our army really treats them very preferentially, we will take the initiative to explain such problems."

   After confirming the source of the intelligence, Magevo immediately reported the matter to Keda.

Koyda took this matter very seriously. He personally called the 568th Regiment stationed in the south of the town, and asked the head of the regiment straight to the point: "Lieutenant Colonel Kashatkin, according to the information we have, the Germans may be in the Attack on your defensive positions tomorrow. How about it, are you confident of stopping the enemy?"

   "Comrade Commander!" Lieutenant Colonel Kashatkin said solemnly: "Since we can repel the German attack today, we can also block and smash their attack tomorrow. Don't worry."

  Although he said so, Keida was not at ease in his heart. He continued: "The enemy may send out a large number of tanks to cover their infantry to attack the positions outside the town you are holding. You can't take it lightly."

  If the commander of other troops heard that the German army would dispatch a large number of tanks, he could not wait to ask his superiors for reinforcements, especially reinforcements of various anti-tank forces. But Lieutenant Colonel Kashatkin said lightly: "Comrade commander, have you forgotten that our regiment is equipped with a large number of rocket launchers, which are sharp weapons against German tanks. If the enemy does not come tomorrow, it will be fine. As long as they dare to attack We attack, and we will make them pay dearly."

  According to Lieutenant Colonel Kasatkin's idea, since the troops are equipped with a sufficient number of rocket launchers, no matter how many tanks the enemy sends out, they are fully capable of blocking the enemy.

The optimism of Lieutenant Colonel Kashatkin deeply moved Colonel Koida. He said with great interest: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, since you are so confident, I will wait in the division headquarters tomorrow." News of your victory."

  …

At 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the German army suddenly fired violent artillery fire on the positions of the 568th regiment. For a while, the outer positions south of the town were shrouded in smoke and flames, and the connection between the division headquarters and the positions was also interrupted. .

   Listening to the rumbling guns coming from outside the town, coupled with the loss of contact with the 568th regiment, Keida couldn't help but feel anxious. Like an ant on a hot pot, he walked back and forth in the headquarters, and asked loudly at the division chief of staff from time to time: "Comrade chief of staff, how is the situation, have you contacted the 568th regiment?"

  But every time the division chief of staff smiled wryly and shook his head, he replied: "Comrade division commander, we haven't contacted them yet, but our communications soldiers are constantly calling them, and I believe communication will be restored soon."

In order to get in touch with the 568th regiment as soon as possible, the chief of staff of the division called the commander of the communication company to the front and told him: "Comrade captain, immediately send your scouts to the outer positions south of the town. Communications between the 568th Regiment."

"Comrade Chief of Staff of the Division," the commander of the Communications Company replied, "After the communication with the 568th Regiment was interrupted, I dispatched twelve communications soldiers to the outlying positions south of the town in an attempt to restore contact with the 568th Regiment. But up to now, none of the messengers I have sent has heard anything, so it must be more ominous."

"Comrade Captain," Keida angrily interrupted the commander of the communications company before he could finish speaking, "I don't want to hear how many communications soldiers you sent, I just want to know when you can resume and communicate with the 568th The connection between the regiments?"

Seeing that Koida was angry, the commander of the communication company quickly replied: "Comrade commander, please give me another hour. After an hour, if the connection between the division headquarters and the 568th regiment cannot be restored, you don't need to send me to the 568th regiment." Court martial, I'll end myself with a single bullet."

Seeing the commander of the communication company say so decisively, Keida still couldn't bear it, but thinking that whether the 568th regiment could hold the outer positions in the south of the town was related to the safety of the town, he could only harden his heart and say, "No way." , One hour is too long, I can only give you half an hour. If the time is up, if you still can't restore contact with the 568th regiment, you can come and see me."

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Although the time given by Koida was very short, the communication company commander thought for a while, and felt that as long as he worked harder, he might be able to complete the task, so he replied bravely, "Please rest assured." , I guarantee with my life that I can complete the task you entrusted to us within the stipulated time."

  (end of this chapter)