Chapter 825 Trapped Enemies (Part 2)

  From Tavlin's words, Mihiga heard that the other party had already prepared a countermeasure, and quickly asked: "Comrade Sergeant, tell me quickly, what can you do to prevent the enemy from getting here?"

   "It's very simple," Tavlin pointed to the map on the table, and said to Mihiga, "We will build a minefield for the enemy five kilometers away from the station, making it difficult for them to move."

"Can we make it in time?" After hearing Tavlin's suggestion, Mihiga said with some hesitation: "I'm afraid that even if we send people to rush there now, the enemy will arrive before they have planted the mines. Go and bury them by then." Comrade Lei, there will be danger."

"Comrade Captain," Tavlin smiled lightly at Mishiga's concerns, and then said, "Did you forget that Captain Guchakov gave me two armored vehicles, and we can definitely send a group of team members and landmines in armored vehicles?" In the past. When they start laying mines, the armored vehicles will return to load more mines..."

  If Taflin didn't remind, Mihiga really forgot about the two armored vehicles that acted together this time. He glanced at the armored vehicle parked outside the house, and said still worriedly: "Comrade Sergeant, I am still worried that the enemy will come too fast, and our comrades who planted mines will be in danger."

"This is easy." Taflin said confidently: "We will send an armored vehicle to drive east as far as possible, and then plant a batch of mines. If the enemy who came in a hurry stepped on the mines in the new area, We will definitely slow down the marching speed and resume demining, thus buying valuable time for our comrades who laid mines.”

"Comrade Sergeant, your idea is good." Tavlin's proposal made Mihiga's eyes light up, and he continued: "The enemy has already been frightened by the mines at the bearded place, as long as they step on the road again If they land a mine, they will immediately stop their advance and call engineers to clear the mine, so that their marching speed will inevitably slow down. And the comrades we sent out to plant the mine have enough time to walk in a wide enough area. Land mines. Anyway, when we occupied the station, we captured thousands of mines alone, and we only need to bury some of them on the road, which is enough for the enemy to drink a pot."

"Come on!" Mishiga finished speaking, ran to the door and called Platonov, who was wandering outside, and told him, "Comrade Platonov, take five soldiers and thirty mines." , take an armored car, head east of the station. Choose a location close to the railway embankment, plant these mines, and return immediately."

  After listening to Mishiga's order, Platonov asked back: "Comrade Vovka, don't you leave anyone there to observe the effect?"

"No need." Considering that Platonov is his old friend, Mishiga didn't hide it from him: "Actually, our real mine-laying site is closer to the station than the mine-laying site I arranged for you. The minefields you temporarily set up are just to slow down the advance speed of the German army."

  Platonov understood Mishiga's intentions, and immediately turned around and walked out of the room to gather the manpower and prepare to go to the designated location to lay mines.

  ...

  After receiving the telegram from Guchakov, Sokov was worried about how to dispose of the supplies in the station. It stands to reason that the two stations occupied by Guchakov and the others were deep behind the enemy's rear, and it was impossible to transport the seized materials back. The last way was to burn them down, so that the Germans could not get anything.

However, as a person from later generations, Sokov clearly knew that in ten days or so, the Soviet army would launch a full-scale counterattack against Paulus' troops. It can be of great use in the counterattack.

However, he did not make any hasty decisions, but looked at Ivanov and Sidolin and asked: "Deputy commander, chief of staff, I want to ask you. If you are asked to make a decision, how do you plan to deal with it?" These piles of materials."

After hearing Sokov's question, the two looked at each other, and Ivanov spoke first: "How should I put it, Comrade Commander. In all fairness, five divisions have been hoarded in the two stations within a month. The required materials and ammunition make people jealous. If possible, I really want Captain Guchakov to bring all these materials back. In this way, our division will not have to worry about ammunition and ammunition within half a year. There is a shortage of supplies.”

"Yes, what the deputy division commander said is also what I think in my heart." As soon as Ivanov finished speaking, Sidolin echoed: "But the two stations are hundreds of kilometers away from us, and there is another station in between. The layers of defense of the Germans, it is simply impossible to transport the supplies back. In my opinion, it is better to burn them all, so that the Germans will get nothing."

"It is undoubtedly the easiest way to burn the supplies hoarded in the station with a fire." Sokov waited for the two to express their opinions before continuing: "But in order to ensure that we seize the station, the base camp even sent out the Don River Front Army. They mobilized the troops and launched a feint attack on the Germans to attract the enemy's attention. If we really can't help but burn all the supplies with a fire, I'm afraid it will make the headquarters feel dissatisfied."

"Then what should we do?" Hearing what Sokov said, Sidolin immediately realized what the other party might be thinking, and asked tentatively: "You know, no matter how useful those materials are to us, they cannot pass through the enemy's What's the use of transporting the line of defense back?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, I never thought of bringing this batch of materials back." Sokov looked at Sidolin and said, "But since so many materials have been seized, it would be a pity if they were really burned. So I'm going to..."

   Before Sokov finished speaking, Ivanov rushed to ask: "Comrade commander, what are you going to do?"

"The equipment of the guerrillas is too poor. We can use the captured weapons and ammunition to replace them all, so that it will be easier to resupply in the future." Seeing that the two were eager to hear his thoughts, Sokov said slowly Said: "Other useful supplies, such as food and medicine, etc., let the guerrillas move to the nearby forest to hide. And the Germans' military coats and bedding are all set on fire. I would like to Look how the Germans survive the cold winter without these winter clothes."

  The victory of the Moscow Defense War, in addition to the bravery and tenacity shown by the Soviet army in order to defend the motherland, the weather is also a winning factor. So upon hearing what Sokov said, Sidolin and Ivanov nodded thoughtfully, and they were even thinking about whether the Germans would cope with the severe cold after all the winter clothes in the station were burned. There was a large number of non-combat attrition.

After Sokov finished his plan, he told Sidolin: "Chief of Staff, now you have to do two things. One is to send the plan I just proposed to Captain Guchakov by telegram immediately, and let him According to my order, dispose of all the seized materials; secondly, report the matter to Commander Chuikov."

  ...

   Guchakov, who was staying at the Kotlu bus station, finally waited for Sokov's telegram after looking forward to it. After reading the contents of the telegram, he immediately handed the telegram back to the operator and told him: "Forward this telegram to Sergeant Taflin immediately, and let him follow the order."

Taking advantage of the time when the radio operator was tick-tocking to generate electricity, Guchakov told Vovga the contents of Sokov's telegram, and then said to him: "Comrade deputy captain, please let someone open the ammunition immediately." Ku, replace all the weapons of the guerrillas with all German weapons."

"This is really great, Comrade Commander." Vovga was overjoyed when he heard Guchakov say this. As early as when he occupied the station, he couldn't wait to let his subordinates open the ammunition depot and give all the guerrillas The players change equipment, but are stopped by Guchakov. Hearing the official order to change his costume at this moment, he immediately called a team member and told him, "You call all the guerrilla captains here immediately."

  After the team members left, Vovga turned around and asked Guchakov: "Comrade commander, besides changing clothes, is there anything else?"

"Mobilize all available manpower to move all the food and medicine in the station to the camp where the guerrillas are hiding." Guchakov continued: "As for the military coats and bedding in the warehouse, all are set on fire. Leave the Germans without winter clothes and freeze them all to death."

  The guerrilla leaders were quickly summoned. They surrounded the station master's room and asked Fufuga, "Fufuga, why did you call us here?"

   "Comrades, please be quiet!" Guchakov couldn't help frowning when he saw the captains making noise. He raised his hands, pressed down a few times vigorously, and said loudly: "I have something to explain to you."

  These guerrilla captains were dissatisfied with Fufuga as the deputy captain, otherwise, before attacking the station, no team would act without authorization and cause unnecessary casualties. But at this moment, seeing that the commander from the regular army was about to speak, everyone shut their mouths wisely, and the station master's room suddenly became quiet.

"Captain comrades," seeing that the captains stopped talking, Guchakov went on to say: "I just received a telegram from the division commander. He ordered me to immediately open the occupied ammunition depot and send it to all guerrillas. Replace with all German weapons to enhance your combat effectiveness."

  The captains were taken aback when they heard what Guchakov said, and then cheered. Outsiders say that the combat effectiveness of the guerrillas is poor. Of course, it is related to the complexity of the personnel in the guerrillas. Many people have not undergone systematic military training, but more importantly, the weapons and equipment of the troops are too poor. Some people even use Napoleon An old weapon from the invasion of Russia. It's certainly a joyous thing to change everyone's clothes these days.

  After the cheers were over, a captain asked on behalf of everyone: "Comrade commander, after our troops change their outfits, what new combat missions do they have?"

   "In addition to ordering me to change all of your outfits, my division commander also hopes that you can transfer a batch of supplies from the station to the camps where your respective guerrillas are hiding."

   As soon as Guchakov's words came out of his mouth, he immediately became cold again.

Seeing everyone's embarrassed expressions, Guchakov guessed what everyone was worried about, and quickly explained: "Listen, the supplies that my division commander asked you to transfer to the camp refer to food and medicine. Even if our troops Don’t use it, don’t you usually use it?”

  Everyone just heard that Guchakov said that he would transfer supplies to his camp, and he was worried that the Germans would retaliate, so he couldn't help but feel worried. After figuring out that food and medicines were going to be moved to the camp, everyone's attitudes took a 180-degree turn. They all expressed that they would try their best to move more supplies to their camps. As for the fear of German retaliation, no one mentioned it again.

  Guchakov saw that everyone’s attitude had changed so quickly, so he asked intentionally: “Comrades, you have moved all the supplies from the station to your camp. Don’t you worry about the Germans’ revenge?”

   "There is nothing to worry about." A tall and thin captain said, "In two days, the forest will be covered by heavy snow. It is not so easy for the Germans to enter the forest and wipe us out."

   "Since everyone is not worried, there is no problem." Guchakov waved at the crowd and ordered: "Go back and arrange for people to carry supplies."

   "Comrade commander, I have another question." The captain raised his hand again and asked, "I see that there are a large number of military coats and bedding in the warehouse. Can you let us move back to the camp?"

  As the weather turned cold, not only the Germans lacked winter supplies, but even the guerrillas operating behind enemy lines also lacked enough winter supplies. Therefore, the captain's words immediately resonated with everyone. All eyes were on Guchakov, waiting for his final reply.

Fufuga was deeply afraid that Guchakov would agree to the request of these partisans casually, so he approached him and whispered in his ear: "Comrade commander, your division commander is in the telegram, but ordered that all the coats and bedding of these troops should be sent to the police station." Burn it. If you distribute it to the guerrillas and return to Mamayev Post later, how will you explain it to your superiors?"

"Comrade Vovka, as commanders, we cannot mechanically obey the orders of our superiors. We must execute orders according to the actual situation." After Guchakov answered Vovga, he looked at the captains and said: "Commrades, captains According to the order of the superiors, all these military coats and bedding were originally to be burned, so that the Germans had a large number of non-combat attrition in the severe cold because they had no supplies for the winter. Since everyone wants military coats and bedding, then I Just make an exception once and distribute some to everyone.”

  The captains whose requirements were met rushed back to their respective guerrillas one after another, and arranged for the team members to change their outfits and carry supplies. Vovka looked at their backs and asked Guchakov worriedly: "Comrade commander, will you really not be blamed by your superiors for distributing military coats and bedding to these guerrillas?"

Guchakov turned his head to look at Vovga, and said with a normal expression: "Comrade Vovka, I don't know whether I will be reprimanded by my superiors in other units. But in our 41st Guards Division, I I can assure you that this will never happen, and maybe the teacher will praise me because I know how to adapt to the situation."

  (end of this chapter)