Burning Moscow

Although I vowed to promise Vatutin and Khrushchev that the German army will not launch an offensive today. However, I was uneasy, because I don't know whether the battle of Kursk will deviate from the real history because of my arrival, and it will break out today.

Precisely because of this worry, when Tavart Kiradze and Bere left one after another, I became restless. Although his eyes were fixed on the map on the table, he didn't see anything.

Danilov saw my face of despair. He raised his hand and gently pushed my shoulder, and asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, what's the matter with you? Is something uncomfortable? Do you need me to call a military doctor to help you see it?"

"It's okay, I'm okay." After listening to Danilov's question, I quickly waved my hand and said to him: "I'm just thinking about how to fight this battle, and I don't need to call a military doctor."

"Comrade Commander, do you think the German army really will not launch an attack on us today?" The artillery commander Povsky, who asked this, saw my eyes turned to him, and quickly added: "I am I am worried that if the German army launches an offensive, the Guards Rocket Battalion deployed behind the 52nd Guards Infantry Division, because they participated in the battle to recover the No. 4 position yesterday, and the ammunition is currently insufficient. For the sake of safety, should they be withdrawn to the No. The second line of defense?"

I glared at Povsky and said viciously: "Comrade Colonel, since I said that the Germans will not attack our defense today, they will definitely not attack. The guards in the 52nd Division's defenses Guard Rocket Battalion, no one is allowed to transfer to other locations without my order."

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Seeing my signs of anger, Povsky reluctantly agreed, and then got up to call the artillery regiment in the Tawartkilasze Division's defense zone. Order them to survey the terrain of the nearby area as soon as possible, mark the shooting yuan, so that they can be in the battle two days later. Allows artillery to achieve precision strikes.

Time passes by one minute and one second, if a long ten years have passed. The hour hand on the watch finally points to the third position. I took a long sigh, stood up from my seat, and told Bezikov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately call General Tavart Kiradze and ask him to send troops to the hillside to dig fortifications."

With my order, the originally suppressed atmosphere in the room became relaxed. Bezikov happily agreed and ran to the next phone. Went to call General Tawart Kiradze.

As soon as the call was connected, I heard Bezikov exclaimed excitedly: "Hey, is it General Tavart Kiradze? I am Bezikov, acting chief of staff. The commander has ordered you to dispatch troops immediately. Excavation works on the hillside. Yes, send troops immediately to start construction as soon as possible..."

I was listening to Bezikov's call when the phone ringing in front of me suddenly rang, which shocked me. I guess it might be from the front army headquarters. So I grabbed the earphones and pressed them to my ears, and said loudly, "Hey. I'm Oshanina, where are you?"

The other party was stunned when I heard my voice, and then came Vatugin’s hearty laugh: "Comrade Oshaninna, it seems that your judgment is accurate. I just called Rokosov to ask. General Ski, his place was calm, and there was nothing unusual about the Germans."

Vatutin said that, causing the rock hanging in my heart to fall to the ground. When I waited for him to finish speaking, I asked carefully: "Comrade General. Then can my ambush plan be implemented?"

"Go, go. Hurry up and let people get ready." Vatutin may be in a particularly happy mood because our defense line was not attacked by the Germans. He even urged me to say: "Finally, all the fortifications will be repaired tonight, and troops will be stationed. In this way, even if the Germans move ahead, we can secure the victory."

"Understood, Comrade General." I also said while the iron was hot: "In order to ensure that the fortifications can be completed before dark, I beg you to allow me to supervise the defense zone of the 51st Guards Division."

"Agree." Vatutin agreed very readily, but he also added: "Bring more people and pay attention to safety."

After putting down the phone, I looked around the room to see who would accompany me to the 51st Guards Division. After looking around, they felt that they were all inappropriate. Danilov and Bezikov, one was the deputy commander, the other was the chief of staff, they had to deal with a lot of affairs, and they certainly couldn't accompany me; and Boves Ji, the artillery commander, must also coordinate the cooperation between artillery units distributed on the three lines of defense. Besides, I am only urging the 51st Guards Division to repair the fortifications. For the time being, I don’t need to use artillery. He is useless if he goes. . Finally, I decided to go alone. Before I left, I sent someone to call Major Bukov, the deputy commander of the Guard Corps, and let him accompany me to the front.

As soon as the car started, Bukov, who was sitting in the front row, turned his head and asked me politely: "Comrade Commander, where are we going?"

"Go to the defense zone of the 51st Guards Division." I replied briefly.

"Go to the division of General Tavart Kiradze?!" When Bukov said this, he looked out of the car window and looked at the two cars before and after. He said with some worry: "Comrade Commander, there can be It’s the most forefront of our group army. Is it appropriate to take this number of people there?"

I know that he is worried about my safety, and I am afraid of bringing such a small number of people. If we encounter a small group of German troops on the road, we will not be able to fight. To make him feel at ease, I pretended to say lightly: "Comrade Major, too many people and big targets will become the target of the small German troops. We are just three vehicles, no matter where we go, even if we are attacked, You can also get out of danger quickly."

When Bukov heard me say this, he didn't speak any more, but turned his head and looked out the car window, while holding the Kalashnikov in his arms tightly.

But everything went well, and I came to the defense zone of the 51st Guards Division without incident. I was told by our officer that the commander of the division, General Tawart Kiradze, personally took people to the hillside of the ambush to repair the fortifications.

Since General Tawart Kiradze was not there, I didn't want to stay in the division headquarters to wait for him to return, so I told the driver to turn around and drove towards the fortification site.

Under the guidance of the soldiers of the Guards Division, we successfully came to the hillside where we were about to ambush. At this moment, General Tawart Kiradze was standing next to the hood of a jeep. Pointing to the map lying in front of him, he explained something to the officers under him. Seeing my arrival, his face showed a look of surprise. A few subordinates greeted him immediately.

He walked in front of me and raised his hand to salute. Surprised and asked: "Comrade Commander, why did you come to me?"

"I'm not worried, so come and take a look." After I said this, I found that among the officers standing next to Tawart Kiradze, one of the officers was actually Lukin's battalion commander Major Gilgin. I took the initiative to reach out to the major, and smiled and asked, "It turns out that it is Major Gilgin. I didn't expect your teacher to send you to repair fortifications."

Before shaking hands with me, Gilkin raised his hand to salute. Then he held my hand with both hands and replied respectfully: "Yes, Comrade Commander, since our regiment’s defense zone is the closest here, the division commander, after discussing with the regiment commander, transferred our three battalions. Come here to take care of the fortifications."

I turned my head and looked up the hillside full of low green plants. I saw that the commanders and soldiers on the hillside were busy in groups, and there were shaking light spine and helmets everywhere, and countless shovels were constantly digging out. Of soil. Raised to the sides of the trenches.

I squinted my eyes for a while, then turned my head and asked Tavart Kiradze: "Comrade General, when will you be able to finish the fortifications."

The question I asked. Tavart Kiraze thought about it a long time ago, and immediately replied without hesitation: "At present, the third battalion has completed the excavation of more than 100 meters of trenches. If there are no accidents, we should Can complete all the work."

I raised my hand and looked at my watch, but it was past four o'clock. In this season, at least after ten o'clock, the sky will slowly darken, and they have enough time to finish their work. After I nodded, I said to Tawart Kirazzi: "Comrade General. Since we are using this hillside to fight German ambushes, after the fortifications are completed, you must do a good job of disguising. You must do it effectively. Now, even if the enemy's reconnaissance plane flies over your head, it will not be able to detect your existence."

Tawart Kiradze listened to me and turned his gaze to Gilgin who was aside. The latter immediately understood. He slapped and stood at attention, and assured me: "Please rest assured, Comrade Commander, after the completion of the fortifications, our camp will do a good job of disguising the fortifications, and absolutely prevent the enemy from discovering this hillside. Have our fortifications."

For Gilkin’s answer, I nodded in satisfaction, then shook my head at Tavart Kiradze, and said, "Let’s go, let’s go up and have a look." I did not wait for Taval Kiradze to finish. They took the lead and walked towards the hillside.

When we came to the hillside, the commanders who were building fortifications saw us and straightened up to salute us. I nodded and smiled at them, while continuing to walk forward.

As I walked, I saw a few young soldiers sitting beside the mound to rest. Seeing our group walking towards them, they quickly stood up. I thought that on the way here, the other commanders and fighters were doing enthusiastically, but these soldiers were sitting here to rest. They couldn’t help feeling dissatisfied, so I asked angeredly, "Comrades, I don’t know if any of you can tell me. , When your comrades-in-arms are busy digging fortifications nearby, and what are they doing sitting here?"

Hearing my question, the soldiers looked at each other, but no one spoke. Gilkin, who was next to me, was afraid that I would get angry. He hurried two steps forward, walked to my side, pointed to one of the little soldiers, and said loudly, "Vasilyev, tell me what is going on?"

The soldier named Vasilyev heard his battalion commander call his name and hurriedly stepped forward and blushed and replied: "Report to the battalion commander that we are tired from work and just sat down to rest. My comrades in arms asked me to tell them a story. I didn’t see you here because I was too involved. Please forgive me!"

"Telling stories, what stories to tell?" Gilkin glanced at me, and began to teach the other party: "You must remember that you are a soldier, not a writer or a poet. Even if you want to be a writer and poet, you have to wait for the war to win I'll talk about it later. Do you understand, Vasilyev?"

"Understood, Comrade Major." When Vasilyev replied, he buried his head deeply in shame.

Vasilyev, this name was very familiar to me when I first heard it ~www.NovelMTL.com~. Later, I thought that there are many people calling this name in Russia, so I didn't care about it. At this moment, when I heard Gilgin calling his name again, I couldn't help but move because I thought of a celebrity who was also serving in the Soviet army at this time. So I walked up to Vasilyev, put a hand on his shoulder, and asked kindly: "Comrade Vasilyev, can you tell me your name."

"Report to Comrade Commander," Vasilyev raised his head to look at me and replied with a flushed face: "My full name is Boris Lvovich Vasilyev."

When I heard the full name, I almost sat down on the floor. Oh my God, it's incredible. I didn't expect I would meet Vasilyev, the author of "The Dawn Here is Quiet" here. (To be continued.)

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