Burning Moscow

The position of the third battalion was three hundred meters away from the headquarters of the 309 regiment, and it was a hillside more than one hundred meters high. After entering the position, I immediately found that some fake fortifications were symbolically built on the top of the hillside, and the real fortifications were built halfway up the mountain. They also dug a semi-circular trench at the exit of the two tunnels according to the topography of the hillside. In the trenches, there were a number of top-capped firepower points, which contained Maxim heavy machine guns.

The commanders and fighters were digging and strengthening the fortifications, and the sound of engineers shoveling soil and sledgehammers hitting wooden piles was heard in the trenches. I don’t know who saw us walking into the trench, and immediately shouted: "Stand at attention!"

With this command, all the people stopped their work one after another, straightened their backs against the trenches, stood there silently, paying attention to our group.

Gilkin hurriedly stepped forward, and the commanders standing in the trenches said loudly: "Comrades, General Oshanina, commander of the group army, and General Tavartkilasze, commander of the division, came to visit everyone."

As soon as his voice fell, the commanders around him began to talk. I also took a step forward and stood beside Gilgin, waved to the commanders in the trenches, and said loudly, "Hello, comrades!"

A jagged voice suddenly sounded in the trenches: "Hello, Comrade Commander!" "Hello, Comrade General!"

After all the voices calmed down, I waved to everyone and continued: "Comrades, your commander and I will visit your defensive positions. Keep working!"

With my order, everyone started working again. Perhaps the officers and soldiers seemed very excited and excited when the superiors came to check their work. I could hear the sound of the engineer's shovel and sledgehammer much more quickly than just before.

Under the leadership of Gilkin, after I came to the tunnel, I looked up at the soil layer above. He asked casually: "Comrade Major, can your tunnels hold the enemy's shells?"

"No problem, Comrade Commander." Gilkin smiled and replied: "The soil above is so thick. Unless the Germans throw bombs that can penetrate the ground from their mouths, the tunnels will not collapse."

I looked at this well-concealed tunnel crossing. Thoughtfully asked: "If this exit is blown down, what should you do?"

"Report to Comrade Commander, there is an exit on the other side of the trench." Gilkin answered me clearly, "According to your order, the tunnel on this high ground has an'h' shape inside. It is very convenient to mobilize troops. ."

In response to his reply, I nodded in satisfaction, and asked: "Besides this tunnel fortification. Are there other fortifications?"

Giljin pointed towards the hillside and said: "We are behind the hillside and dug a few troop holes. Would you like Comrade Commander to visit?"

I did not answer him immediately, but turned to ask Tavart Kiradze next to him: "Comrade General, what do you mean?"

"Comrade Commander, do you still need to talk about it? Of course it depends." Tawart Kiradze said with a smile, "I have heard others say that the fortifications you have guided to build. They are all very characteristic."

With that said, we followed Gilgin and entered the tunnel. Walk towards the front along the narrow corridor. Because there is a steam lamp hanging every twenty meters in the tunnel, the light inside is not too dark.

Gilkin, who was leading the way, turned around and said to us: "Comrade commander and division commander, we only have one company in the tunnel, and the rest of the troops stay in the Tibetan army cave. Once the forward position is tight, they will Will go through the tunnel and enter the trenches to carry out reinforcements."

We left the tunnel and walked about 20 meters along the traffic trench. He came to a cave of Tibetan soldiers. Before entering the cave, Gilkin pointed to another paragraph and said: "Near another exit. We also have a cave for Tibetan soldiers. In addition to one company, each cave is stocked with a large amount of ammunition and supplies. Used in long-term combat."

Gilkin’s words reminded me that I quickly turned my head and said to Tawart Kiradze: "Comrade General, the major makes a lot of sense. Your division must hurry up to stock up on ammunition and supplies, and be prepared for long-term battles with the Germans."

After hearing this, Tawart Kiradze immediately nodded and replied: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will arrange it."

Walking into the cave, I saw the firewood on the ground inside, with the backpacks of the commanders and fighters, and even a small wooden table in the innermost position, which should be the office of the company commander. In the corner next to the wooden table, countless wooden boxes are neatly stacked.

Since the commanders and fighters were basically busy building fortifications outside, there were not many people left in the cave. Apart from the company commander and the instructor, there were only a few sick soldiers. After a brief chat with them, I left this Tibetan army cave.

When our group returned to the parking position, Tavartkilasze raised his hand to look at his watch and asked carefully: "Comrade Commander, it's almost five o'clock. Why don't you go back to the division and command with me? Department, I'll go to Corocha tomorrow. Okay?"

Regarding his kindness, I waved my hand and said tactfully: "Comrade General, thank you for your kindness. But now this season, it won't be dark until about eleven o'clock. It's just right for us to go to Coro at this time."

Seeing that I was going my own way, Tavart Kiradze had no choice but to say: "If this is the case, I won't keep you, you have to be careful along the way."

When our jeep was a few kilometers away from the city of Corocha, it was stopped by a checkpoint on the road. A sergeant walked to the car, bent down to look at us, and said politely: "Comrade Commander, what part do you belong to?"

"Comrade sergeant." Lieutenant Colonel Ras Mihin glanced at the opponent's military rank and replied: "We are from the 6th Guards Army. In the car is our commander. She is going into the city to visit Shu. General Milov."

"Since this is the case, please come with me." The sergeant finished speaking and waved his hand to make the soldiers at the checkpoint raise the railing and guided our car to a small wooden house. At this time, the sergeant came again and said to us through the window: "Comrades, please wait a moment, I will go in and report."

Seeing the sergeant walk into the wooden house, Ras Mihin, who was sitting in the front row, asked with some worry: "Comrade Commander, do you say that General Shumilov will agree with us?"

"Definitely see us." Bezikov, who knew the inside story, said first: "The Seventh Guards Army was reorganized by the 64th Army in April this year. There are 15th, 36th, and 72nd Guards Infantry. , 73rd, 78th, and 81st divisions. Our commanders have been in this unit before. Not only are they familiar with group army leaders, they also often deal with the division-level commanders below."

Talking. The sergeant walked out of the house, followed by the famous lieutenant. I hung the medal from his chest. Knowing that he also participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. I greeted Bezikov and the two of them, opened the door and got out of the car.

The lieutenant came to me, stood at attention and saluted, and reported to me: "General Oshanina, Lieutenant Livovich, commander of the 44th Regiment of the 15th Guards Infantry Division, report to you. I am awaiting your order. Please give instructions. !"

I heard the lieutenant call my name, and couldn’t help asking curiously: "Lieutenant Livovic, do you know me?"

"Yes. Comrade General." Livovich immediately gave me an affirmative answer: "When you were working in the 64th Army, I have seen you several times. And there are also many commanders and fighters in our division. You have fought side by side."

Although I have no impression of this lieutenant at all, there is still an inexplicable sense of intimacy to meet someone who knows me here. I smiled and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, I am going to see your commander. I wonder if you can arrange for a soldier to be my guide?"

In response to my request, Livovich showed a distressed look on his face: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, our defense zone is outside the city of Korocha. You can't enter the city casually without getting an order."

"Then what should I do?" Bezikov asked uncomfortably when the lieutenant said so.

I'm afraid Bezikov frightened the lieutenant. He quickly raised his hand to stop him, and then asked Livovic in a friendly tone: "Comrade Lieutenant, can you tell me how can we get into Koroscha?"

The lieutenant pointed to the wooden hut next to him and said politely: "Comrade General, please sit in the house first. I believe there will be a solution soon."

"Where is this, where do you live?" Bezikov asked cautiously.

"This is the command post of our company, comrade colonel." Livovich finished speaking. He gestured to me and said politely: "Please go in. Comrade General."

After we entered the wooden house, we saw a famous military officer writing something at the table. See us come in. He immediately stood up and raised his hand to salute me.

"This is my instructor, Lieutenant Serdyukov." Seeing that I looked at the commander with strange eyes, Lvovich quickly explained to me: "He is writing a report to the superior, reporting that we even built the fortifications. The progress."

Hearing him talk about fortifications, I couldn't help but ask again: "How is your company's fortifications repaired?"

After hearing this, Livovich gave a wry smile, shook his head and said: "Comrade General, due to the large amount of work and the fatigue of the commanders and soldiers, so far, we have only completed about one-third of the entire project. In fact. Not only our division, but almost all units are in the same situation."

What he said made me frown, thinking that General Sumilov had set up his headquarters in Korocha, only a few tens of kilometers away from the Germans, and even a complete defense system had not yet been constructed. Once the Germans Attack them here, can they stop the enemy's fierce offensive?

When I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard Livovich say: "Comrade General, I just called Comrade the division commander, and he said he will come right away. I believe that if he leads the way, you will have no problem entering Korocha. of."

I listened to Livovich's arrangement, and I couldn't help but add a few more points to his favor. I smiled and said to him, "Thank you, Comrade Lieutenant. If it weren't for your help, we wouldn't be able to get into Corocha today."

While talking, the sound of the car braking came from the door. Livovich heard this voice and immediately said in surprise: "It seems that the commander is here, Comrade General, please wait a moment, I will be back soon." He said, and ran out.

After a minute or two, Livovic and a colonel walked into the room side by side. He pointed to the colonel beside him and introduced to me: "Comrade General, this is the chief of staff of our division."

"Hello, Comrade General!" The chief of staff of the division walked over to salute me and said politely: "Comrade General, I am sorry, because the division commander has something to do, I will be responsible for escorting you into the city. .please!"

Before I left the house, I took the initiative to reach out and shook Livovich's hand, expressed my gratitude to him, and then walked out with the division chief of staff.

As soon as I walked out, the chief of staff of the division said to me: "Comrade General, my car is driving ahead. You and your subordinates can follow me. Don't worry, the checkpoints along the way know my car. We can successfully Entering the city." After speaking, he turned and walked onto a jeep parked on the side of the road.

Our convoy followed the colonel's jeep and drove towards Corocha along the earthy road. With the Chief of Staff of the 15th Guards Division, we are indeed very smooth. Almost all checkpoints saw our convoy passing by, and they moved the roadblocks or raised the railings from far away~www.NovelMTL.com~ Let us pass the checkpoint respectfully.

I looked at both sides of the road, and saw that on the plains or highlands on both sides of the road, there were commanders and soldiers who were nervously building fortifications. Although the scene is in full swing, I am worried about their untargeted construction methods. It seems that General Shumilov has not yet learned the lessons of the Battle of Stalingrad, and still used the original wrong defensive thinking. There are only a handful of fortifications on those high grounds, and most of the fortifications were built on the plains. If the German armored forces carry out assaults, these fortifications will soon be crushed. If they want to block the enemy's crazy attack, they will inevitably make a huge sacrifice.

After the convoy entered the city, I took a closer look at the buildings on both sides of the street, and found that only a few buildings had firepower points, and most of the fortifications were barricades at intersections.

When I was worrying about the fate of Shumilov's Seventh Guards Army, the car stopped suddenly, and then I heard Bezikov's voice: "Lida, we are here."

I looked out the window and saw a lot of various vehicles parked in front of a building here. In addition to sentries at the gate, I can also see passing patrols from time to time. It seems that this is General Shumilov. Of the headquarters. I pushed the car door and said to myself: "Get out of the car." After I said that, I jumped out of the car first. (To be continued.)