I thought rokosovsky would be furious. At least he would pull out his pistol and shoot a few shots into the sky to vent his anger. After all, no one could bear to see so many soldiers lying in front of him.

Unexpectedly, he soon calmed down. As a senior commander, he knows how to control his emotions on the battlefield, which is very necessary. He took a deep breath and began to give orders: "Comrade Aurel!"

"Here it is Standing beside him, the deputy chief of staff quickly agreed.

"Can I get in touch with the troops below?" Asked rokosovsky, frowning.

"Yes, comrade commander." O'lear replied in a positive tone: "two radio stations have been transferred out to convey orders to the troops below at any time."

"That's good. You'll immediately arrange for the headquarters to be moved to new petrovskiya on the wolokoramsk Moscow highway. At the same time,...... "he spoke in a low voice. It was estimated that he was assigning some important tasks to the deputy chief of staff. I took two steps to the side with great interest, and continued to watch the soldiers lift the incomplete bodies of the sacrificial officers out of the ruins with indifference.

"Zaharov!" I was startled by the sudden cry of rokosovsky.

"Here it is Another disheartened commander came running from a distance. When I looked at it carefully, it turned out that the major general who was dismissive of President Lin's strategy and tactics at the meeting in the morning looked more embarrassed than the commander at the moment.

"Follow me to the junction of the group army and the 30th group army. I don't think the situation there will be too optimistic."

"Yes Although the major general zaharov agreed very simply, I found that the corners of his eyes twitched a few times and he looked a little ugly. He seemed to be dissatisfied with the arrangement made by rokosovsky.

"Let's go!" Rokosovsky said, then turned to his shabby car. After a few steps, I stopped and turned around to say hello to the stupid man who was standing in the same place, and said, "Rita, you're going with me, too."

"Yes I promised and trotted to catch up.

I opened the back door and wanted to ask rokosovsky to sit in first. But when I looked inside, I couldn't help taking a breath of air. All the cushions were beaten to pieces, and a long board was placed on the seat, so I could barely sit. However, rokosovsky didn't care at all. He got into the car and sat in the back row. I just wanted to pull the front door to the co pilot's seat, but he said to me, "let general zaharov sit in the front, and you sit next to me in the back."

Although I didn't spend too long with rokosovsky, I know that he must have his intention in arranging seats like this. Maybe there will be something else to tell me later. So I gave up the plan to open the front, and got into the back door and sat down beside him.

After general zaharov got on the bus, the driver started the car. I looked up at the roof of the car, which was full of bullet holes. I can imagine what kind of air raid I just met. Because the windshield in front of me was all broken, so as soon as the car started, the piercing wind poured in, which made me shiver.

"Do you know?" Rokosovsky suddenly said, "your former partner, instructor krochkov, has died!"

When I used to work with krochkov in the 316 division, although I often had some disputes, when I suddenly heard the news of his sacrifice, my tears still flowed down, and my voice choked and asked, "how did he sacrifice?"

"In the morning, the commissar of lobachev and the members of the staff arrived at the command post of commander Panfilov just in time for the German army to launch a fierce attack." Rokosovsky told me in a painful tone: "the anti tank destroyer group of the fourth company of the 1075th infantry regiment, led by commander krochkov, will defend and block the German tanks near the station of dubosekovo. The impact started with the support of strong artillery and bomber air strikes. After a while, German tanks in groups of 15-30, accompanied by dense automatic gunslinger lines, rushed to the position. We can see in the command post that krochkov and his 28 soldiers are fighting tenaciously. They bombard the German tanks with anti tank guns. Soon, nearly 10 tanks have burned or started to smoke. We can clearly see that some Hitler bandits immediately fall to the ground after climbing out of tanke, while the infantry who follow the tanks attack, Also by our army's firepower pressure on the ground. In the face of krochkov's tenacious defense, the German tanks were divided into two parts. One part stopped and suppressed them with artillery fire; The other part continued to rush forward. Before long, fierce fighting began in front of the trench. When they ran out of anti tank shells, they smashed gasoline flasks at German tanks or blasted them with cluster grenades. Some soldiers held cluster grenades hidden in the crater, waiting for the German tanks to pull the grenades, and died with the enemy tanks. The fighting was very fierce at that time. In the end, because they were outnumbered, they all died bravely. "

Listening to rokosovsky's narration, I can see the scene in "the battle of Moscow": a little soldier in a short fur coat and a cotton cap, facing the approaching German tanks, shrinks into the corner of the trench in horror, grabs a white smoke antitank grenade in both hands, raises his arms flat, and extends to the approaching behemoth. There were two loud bangs, and the bottom of the tank was filled with fire and smoke. The body of the tank jumped up, and then it stood motionless on the trench.

"Our commanders in the command post heard krochkov's cry before the sacrifice by telephone:" Russia is big, but there is no way out - Moscow is behind it "..." speaking of this, rokosovsky stopped. I turned to find his face muscles twitching violently. He sniffed and wiped his face with a handkerchief, He quickly put it into his pocket, and then went on to say, "Comrade lobachev proposed that all this should be reflected to the higher authorities, and Comrade krochkov should be awarded the title of Soviet hero."

"I think it's not only Comrade krochkov, but also the other 28 comrades who deserve the honor they deserve." Hearing this, I couldn't help interrupting.

"Well, that's a good proposal. I agree." Rokosovsky did not refute my opinion and nodded in agreement.

The unit we went to inspect is the 107th motorized infantry division, whose command post is located at the junction of our group army and the 30th group army. The command post is very big. There are several battle maps on the big wooden tables. A senior officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel is looking at the map. Many Lieutenant commanders who look like combat staff are busy going in and out.

Seeing several of us enter the command post, they quickly stop and stand in the same place to salute us. The sudden silence in the room made the commander raise his head curiously. When he saw us, he was stunned. Then he recognized who was coming in. He quickly stood up, pulled the hem of his uniform and trotted two steps to rokosovsky. With a salute, the report said: "Comrade commander, commander XX, chief of staff of the 107th motorized infantry division, reports to you that the army is fighting with the German army tenaciously." I didn't catch his name because he spoke so fast.

Rokosovsky looked at him and asked coldly, "Comrade chief of staff, where has the division chief gone?"

The commander bowed his head and said in a painful tone: "the German army launched a fierce attack on our division's defense area in the morning. The command post was directly hit by the shell, and the division commander died. As I am now the highest commander of the division, I have taken over the command of the division. "

"Let's talk about the current situation." When he heard that another subordinate had died, the corners of rokosovsky's mouth twitched, but he still kept a calm expression, went to the observation hole and looked at the war outside with the observation mirror.

"Today, the German army used about two battalions to attack the defensive position of the 30th group army under the cover of 15 tanks. After two hours of fierce fighting, the German army defeated the garrison and occupied the position. "

"What measures have you taken?" Asked rokosovsky coldly.

"I ordered the German occupied positions of the third regiment to carry out counter raids, and the lost positions of the 30th group army have been recaptured." The deputy division commander pointed to the defense line outside and explained to the commander, "I have gathered some of the retreating soldiers and redeployed them to the original positions, so that they can defend together with the soldiers of our division."

"Well done! Well done. " Rokosovsky turned his attention away from the observation mirror, patted the Deputy teacher on the shoulder with approval, and then asked with concern, "is there any difficulty?"

"Our division has lost a lot of personnel in the battle and needs to be supplemented by the reserve team."

After hearing what the chief of staff of the Division said, rokosovsky pondered for a moment, and then said, "I have ordered the 17th cavalry division, the first close guard tank brigade, the 289th anti tank brigade, the 18th and 126th infantry divisions to quickly assemble here. In two hours, maybe not two hours, the defense forces here will be strengthened."

The chief of staff of the division was overjoyed, but I frowned and thought to myself: This is a big hand. If rokosovsky has gathered so many troops of the group army in this direction, it is bound to weaken the defensive forces in other directions.

"Hitler's bandits are attacking again!" I don't know who yelled in the command post, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. In addition to rokosovsky, chief of staff of the division and Zakharov, I also squeezed into the observation hole and raised my telescope to look out.

About 300 meters away, there is a long trench across the East and West. This should be the first line of defense of the 107th motorized infantry division. Further away, we can clearly see that the attacking German troops are taking tanks and armored vehicles as the forerunners, and the infantry are following them, rushing towards our defense line in a fierce manner.

When the tank was only a few tens of meters away from the trench, I suddenly saw several soldiers jump out of the trench. My first reaction at that time was that they would rush to German tanks with explosives or anti tank grenades or flasks. However, I was stunned by what happened. The soldiers came running towards us with arms and bent over.

"What the hell Rokosovsky could not help but scold, and then angrily asked the division chief of staff: "Comrade chief of staff! What's the matter with these cowards? "

The chief of staff of the division looked through the telescope again, and then replied, "Comrade commander, these are not soldiers of our division, they are all soldiers of the 30th group army. As you know, the 30th army is newly formed, and they have more recruits... "

"Enough!" Rokosovsky interrupted him with a roar, then said in an irrefutable tone, "I order you to stop this desertion immediately and let them all go back to the trench. If you don't listen to dissuasion, you can enforce the battlefield discipline immediately. Do you understand? "“ Understand The commander saluted helplessly, pulled out his pistol and walked out. Although rokosovsky's attitude is relatively rough, no one has any objection, including me. Because we all know that although there are not many soldiers in panic, it makes those soldiers who are still in the position panic. If this goes on, the defense line will soon collapse. The commanders who stay in the command post have fought wars. We all know what will happen if the defense line is lost. As soon as he saw the soldiers escaping, rokosovsky immediately asked the chief of staff of the division to stop them, but it was still a step too late. In the face of the overwhelming German offensive and the escape of some soldiers who were afraid of life and death, the morale of the troops was greatly damaged. I didn't hear any gunshots. I just saw more and more soldiers jumping out of the trenches and running towards us with guns“ It's over I just have one thought in my heart: "our defense line has collapsed!"