Chapter 2027

  After Onupriyenko returned to his division headquarters, he immediately ordered someone to call Lieutenant Colonel Milesiev, the head of the 25th Guards Regiment, and said that he had important combat tasks to be entrusted to him.

Milesyev learned that Onupriyenko had a combat task to assign to him, so he dared to neglect, he hurriedly trot over to see Onupriyenko, and asked, "Comrade commander, what do you need from me?" What's the matter?"

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Onuprienko called Milesiev to him, and said to him, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, according to reports from the scouts, the Germans have a prisoner-of-war camp here, in which Four to five thousand captured commanders and fighters of our army. The task of your regiment is to rush there immediately, seize the prisoner-of-war camp from the hands of the Germans, and rescue the detained commanders and fighters.”

  Knowing that there is a German prisoner-of-war camp dozens of kilometers away, Milesyev suddenly became excited: "What, there are four to five thousand soldiers of our army detained in the prisoner-of-war camp, which is really a lot of people."

   "Yes, there are indeed a lot of people." Onuprienko said to him: "Let me remind you, in order to prevent the Germans from killing the commanders and fighters in the prisoner-of-war camp, unless it is a last resort, do not launch a strong attack easily."

   Hearing what Onuprienko said, Milesyev couldn't help being taken aback, and then asked: "Comrade commander, didn't you order our regiment to liberate the prisoner-of-war camp? If you don't launch an attack, how will you liberate the prisoner-of-war camp?"

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you have misunderstood me." Seeing that the other party had misunderstood his intentions, Onupriyenko quickly explained to him: "When I was at the headquarters just now, the commander personally explained to me that It’s best for you to disguise yourself as the enemy, approach the prisoner-of-war camp quietly, look for the right moment, and launch a surprise attack on the enemy.”

   "Ah, Comrade Commander, when did you go to Minsk, how do I know?"

   "Go to Minsk, I've been here, okay?" Onuprienko said with a straight face: "If I leave, who will command the troops to fight?"

Hearing what Onuprienko said, Milesyev couldn't help showing a puzzled expression on his face: "Comrade commander, isn't the commander in Minsk? If you want to accept his order, you can only go to Minsk." what."

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I just wanted to tell you that Comrade Commander is not in Minsk now, but has come to us." Onuprienko explained to the other party: "I only knew about him when I went to the headquarters. I have already come here, and even brought two divisions and two brigades with me."

Since Sokov personally issued the order to liberate the prisoner-of-war camp, Milesyev naturally did not dare to take it lightly. He quickly stood up straight and said to Onuprienko: "Comrade commander, I have understood your intention, and I have already understood your intention. That will prepare the troops."

   "Wait a minute." Seeing that Milesyev was about to leave, Onuprienko specifically asked, "When will your regiment be able to leave?"

   "It will take an hour and a half at the earliest, Comrade Division Commander." Milesyev replied: "It will take time for the troops to assemble and replenish ammunition. One and a half hours is already the limit."

Fortunately, Onupriyenko is a reasonable person. He did not blindly give Milesiev any unrealistic orders, but took the initiative to say: "I will give you two hours, not only to complete The assembly of the troops and the replenishment of ammunition, and at the same time, we must find a way to prepare the uniforms of the German army. By the way, is there anyone in your regiment who understands German?"

   "No, Comrade Commander." Hearing this question from Onuprienko, Milesiev shook his head and replied: "There is no one in our regiment who understands German."

   "Let's do it this way." Onuprienko knew very well that during this disguised German operation, he would definitely encounter sporadic German troops on the road. If there is no one who understands German, it will expose his identity. In order to avoid this situation, he ordered someone to call the translator in the division, and explained to him: "Comrade translator, the 25th Guards Regiment will soon go to the enemy's rear to perform missions. Due to the special mission, they need to dress up as Germans. Unfortunately, no one in the regiment understands German, so I can only wrong you to go with him. Understand?"

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." After Onuprienko finished speaking, the translator replied loudly, "I will cooperate with Lieutenant Colonel Milesiev to complete this task."

  Before Milesiev left the division headquarters with an interpreter, Onuprienko finally told him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, remember to keep in touch and send me your latest situation at any time."

  Milesiyev returned to the army, and after explaining the upcoming mission to the three battalion commanders under him, he hurried to the headquarters. He felt that if he wanted to successfully capture the prisoner-of-war camp and rescue the prisoners held in it, he had to ask Sokov for advice and let him teach him what to do.

  If it was someone else who went directly past the division commander and went to the commander, he would definitely be criticized by his superiors. But Milesiev and Sokov are both classmates of the Frunze Military Academy. He went to ask for advice this time, which can be regarded as a kind of communication among classmates, and no one can gossip.

Seeing Milesiev appearing in his headquarters, Sokov first showed a surprised expression on his face, but soon guessed the purpose of the other party: "Lieutenant Colonel Milesyev, Onupuri Is General Yanko going to send you on that mission?"

   "Yes, Comrade Commander." Milesyev nodded, confirming Sokov's guess: "The division commander did order me to lead the troops to liberate the prisoner-of-war camp."

  At this time, Ponedelin came over, looked at Milesyev and asked displeasedly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, since your mission has been clarified, what are you doing here?"

"Comrade Deputy Commander, the situation is like this." Seeing the displeasure on Ponedelin's face, Milesyev quickly explained: "According to my idea, it is the most convenient to directly attack the prisoner-of-war camp. But When the division commander assigned tasks, he told me that we could not attack by force, but by outsmarting them, and even asked us to dress up as German troops..."

After listening to Milesiev's narration, Sokov nodded and said: "Yes, I did tell General Onuprienko that it is best to outsmart him, and only take it if you have to." storm."

Seeing Milesyev's thoughtful expression, he added: "The prisoner-of-war camp is behind the enemy's rear. If you wear our uniforms and walk past swaggeringly, you will definitely attract the attention of the enemy. Maybe the German army The commander will mobilize troops to besiege you. At that time, you will be too busy to take care of yourself, and you will not have the energy to liberate the prisoner-of-war camps.

   But if you march in makeup, the situation is different. The German army has just suffered a defeat, and many troops have been dispersed. When you appear as an organized unit, you will definitely think that you have retreated from the front line, and you will not be suspicious of you. In this way, you can easily approach the prisoner-of-war camp..."

  Unexpectedly, before Sokov finished speaking, Milesyev rushed to say: "When we approach the prisoner-of-war camp, will we suddenly attack the enemy while they are unprepared?"

"Lieutenant Colonel Milesyev, it seems that you still don't understand what I mean." Sokov smiled bitterly and explained to the other party: "Since you have all successfully arrived at the gate of the prisoner-of-war camp, you can tell me openly. German guards, you are sent by Shangfeng to take over the prisoner-of-war camp, let them hand over immediately.

   To carry out the handover work, the head of the prisoner-of-war camp will definitely come out to greet you. As soon as they show up, control them and disarm all the guards in the POW camp. If we are lucky, we may be able to eliminate the guards in the prisoner-of-war camp and rescue our commanders and fighters without firing a single shot. "

After Sokov's detailed narration, Milesyev finally understood his intentions, nodded and said: "Comrade Commander, I understand completely by now, why every time you command troops to make up a sneak attack, It’s a good result, that’s what it is.”

   After chatting for a few more words, Milesyev took his leave and left.

   After Milesiev walked away, Sokov asked Ponejierin a little puzzled: "Comrade Deputy Commander, what did Lieutenant Colonel Milesyev mean just now?"

   "Which sentence are you asking?"

"He said that every time I lead the troops to make up a sneak attack, I can get a good record." Sokov said: "He finally said: So that's the case. I just want to find out what he meant by this sentence. "

"Oh, so that's the sentence." Pornedelin happened to know the answer, so he explained to Sokov: "I think you still remember that Milesyev said that when he approached the prisoner-of-war camp, he immediately launched a strong attack? "

   "Well, I remember." Sokov asked suspiciously; "What's wrong?"

Pornegerin smiled: "Comrade Commander, to tell you the truth, our so-called makeup reconnaissance or attack is similar to what he said. When you feel that the time is right, you will immediately launch an attack on the enemy. And your approach is to Find a way to gain the trust of the Germans and disarm them without bloodshed."

"Is there anything wrong?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, it's just that personal styles are different." Ponejielin said thoughtfully: "I was thinking, on the day I, Muzichenko and Kirillov were rescued, if Your troops are not using makeup sneak attacks, but directly adopting storm tactics, whether we can survive is still unknown."

   Hearing that Ponedelin mentioned Muzichenko and Kirillov, Sokov couldn't help asking: "By the way, Comrade Deputy Commander, do you have any news about Colonel Muzychenko?"

Ponejielin nodded and said: "I heard that the new commander of the army has dismissed Commander Muzichenko, and now he is in a state of idleness. Hey, as a friend, I would like to help him .”

  Sokov heard that Muzichenko was dismissed, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry. A very good commander, how can he be dismissed as soon as he is dismissed? Although Muzichenko is now in a state of being idle, Sokov does not intend to solicit the other party, after all, it is he who makes the choice. He is responsible for the decisions he makes.

After talking about Muzichenko's situation, he went on to talk about Kirillov: "Comrade Commander, the search team commanded by Kirillov did not find a military warehouse, but they found jewels sunk in the swamp. It’s an amazing feat.”

   Hearing what Ponedelin said, Sokov realized that the other party was reminding himself that Kirillov should be assigned a more important position.

"Comrade Deputy Commander, I understand what you mean." Seeing that Ponedelin had already spoken his mind, Sokov didn't go around in circles, but asked straight to the point: "What position do you plan to assign Colonel Kirillov to?" ?”

"Comrade Commander, among the students who followed us from the Ukrainian Second Front this time, only Milesiev and Victor were assigned positions." The head of the guard regiment, Victor is the commander of the infantry brigade. If Colonel Kirillov is to be assigned a position, I think it must be at least higher than the two."

   "I agree." In any case, Kirillov was the commander of the army before the war, and it would be too wronged for him to be the commander of the regiment or lower now. So Sokov is considering that if he wants to arrange a position for the other party, at least he should be a division commander: "I think there is a chance to arrange a division commander for him."

"But the division commanders of the entire army are full." Ponejielin reminded Sukov: "We can't remove a certain division commander because of him, right? Even if he holds the division commander position, the division commander Commanders and fighters will also have resistance to him."

"Comrade Deputy Commander, I understand what you mean." Sukov saw that Ponedelin had misunderstood his meaning, thinking that he would let a certain current division commander give way to Kirillov, which caused Kirillov to be punished. He was hostile, so he explained to him: "We still have a lot of battles to fight, maybe some division commander will be injured in the battle and cannot continue to command the battle. At this time, an officer with rich command experience is needed to go to succeed him, and Colonel Kirillov is undoubtedly the best candidate."

After listening to Sokov's explanation, Ponegerin smiled: "Comrade Commander, it seems that I misunderstood what you mean. If Colonel Kirillov is only used as a substitute, then there is no problem. "

"Also, now that our troops are advancing towards the national border every day, the search team commanded by Colonel Kirillov will not make much sense if it continues to exist." Regarding Kirillov's next arrangement, Sokov asked Ponedelin's opinion: "I think it's better to disband and let Kirillov work at the headquarters for a while, what do you think?"

"I think it's okay." Ponedelin has a good personal relationship with Kirillov, and he has been worrying about his future all day long. After listening to Sokov's arrangement, he nodded quickly in agreement: "Let him Coming to the headquarters to work for a period of time will help him get familiar with the current battlefield situation and help him take up new positions in the future."

"Then I'll call him now and tell him the good news." Ponejielin picked up the phone and was about to call Kirillov, but the next moment, he laughed awkwardly : "Comrade Commander, I forgot that his whereabouts are erratic every day. Even if I want to call, I don't know where to find him."

"Since you can't make a phone call, then find a communications soldier to look for Colonel Kirillov in the area where they are active." Sokov said: "After you find it, let him rush to the army headquarters to report as soon as possible." After finishing speaking, He took out a pen and paper, and after writing a few lines on it, he called the director of the communications corps and handed the note to him, "Immediately send someone to look for Colonel Kirillov, and hand this note to him. "

  (end of this chapter)