Burning Moscow
Chapter 120
When I got into the tent, my nose was still sore.
The hygienist helped me sit down, untied my clothes, opened the bandage and changed my dressing. There was no heating facilities in the tent. I was only wearing a military coat. As soon as I took off my clothes, my body was exposed to the cold air. When the cold air froze, I could not help shaking slightly.
When the health worker cleaned the wound, I felt a burst of burning pain. Looking down, not only did my left shoulder turn black purple, but it also swelled to the elbow. Seeing this, I couldn't help but take a breath, then clenched my teeth tightly, held back the pain and didn't say a word.
Because of the large area of the wound, the time for the health workers to change the dressing is a little longer. In the process of suffering pain, I also shivered from the initial cold to sweating at the back.
After the hygienist wrapped the bandage again, I asked her to help me put my left hand through my sleeve and hang it around my neck. When all this was done, I was about to get up and leave, but she stopped me: "Comrade commander, please wait a moment." Then she got up and ran out of the tent.
"What did she tell me to wait for?" I got up slowly and stood in the middle of the tent in a daze.
Before long, the health worker came in again with a pile of things in his hand and handed them to me. When I looked at it carefully, it turned out that it was all my things, including the holster belt, briefcase and medal.
I raised my hand just want to pick up, she took the initiative to say: "I'll help you."
Seeing that I nodded, she slipped the briefcase off my head and put it on my right shoulder. Then she strapped me on. Finally, she put three medals on my chest carefully.
After thanking her, I left the tent and went outside to see that it was getting dark. I don't have a watch. I don't know the exact time. I can only guess from the weather that it's about three o'clock in the afternoon. Looking around, the wounded on the ground were all transferred, and the ground between the trees was purple black everywhere.
I walked slowly along the path to the command post. The gunfire in front of us is still ringing. It seems that fierce fighting is still going on. From time to time along the way, we can see that the wounded are being carried or helped by health workers or soldiers, rushing to the emergency camp.
When I went into the command post, I saw people sitting around tables in a meeting. I glanced at him and found that in addition to rokosovsky, lobachev, malining and zaharov, there were a few more strange faces.
Who are these people? Is it the reserve sent by the front army? In the process of thinking wildly, the sharp eyed political commissar lobachev had found me and quickly asked me to sit down for a meeting.
Rokosovsky is reporting today's battle report to you: the brave and indomitable 78th division defeated the German motorized 14th division and the infantry 252nd division one after another today, and severely damaged the 106th infantry division that came to reinforce one hour ago. At this moment, the imperial tank division of the German army rushed forward crazily, which prevented the division from continuing to advance
Hearing such a gratifying record, everyone could not help whispering excitedly.
"Please be quiet!" In the face of such brilliant results, rokosovsky can not see the slightest joy on his face. From what I know about him, what he's going to say next is the point.
As I expected, when everyone was quiet, he began to speak: "comrades! Although we have made great achievements in this defensive area, the whole situation is still very serious for us. According to the information transferred from the headquarters of the front army, the deployment of the "central" group of the German army has changed, new troops have been transferred, and the participating regiments have been supplemented. On November 16, it was led by field marshal Burke and transferred to the offensive. The enemy and US fought on the broad front from Kalinin to Tula. In the north, major raids were carried out in the right-wing defensive zones of the 30th, 16th and 5th group armies (Volga reservoir, Moscow mozaisk railway), and in the south, in the defensive zones of the 50th group army (Tula, new Moscow)
Listening to these strange place names and serial numbers from the commander's mouth, I can't help but have a headache again. It has always been my weakness that I am not familiar with the place names, the numbers of troops and the names of commanders. If I were to command this group army at this time, the command system would be in chaos.
"... general Zhukov called in half an hour, and since the contact with the headquarters of the 30th group army had been completely interrupted, he transferred the command of the two cavalry divisions and one tank division of the former 30th group army located in the area of our group army and west of Kerin to me."
Hearing this, I couldn't help glancing at the unfamiliar commanders and Thinking: This is really great. I added three divisions to our group army, one of which is tank division, so that rokosovsky would not worry about the lack of reserves for defense depth.
When I was elated, the conversation between rokosovsky and the tank division commander cooled my heart. The commander asked the division commander, "Comrade Colonel! How many tanks are there in your division? "
"None of them. Comrade commander The Colonel stood up and answered aloud.
"What?" People who heard what he said were stunned. The tank division didn't even have a tank. Did it lose it in the battle?
"Why?" Asked rokosovsky gravely. The colonel looked around and said with some questions, "my 58th tank division was formed shortly before the war broke out. According to the establishment, our division should have 260 tanks. When our division was assigned to the 30th group army, the superior once said that we would assign tanks to us as soon as possible, but the national defense warehouse where the tanks were stored was destroyed in the enemy's air raid, and all the tanks became burning scrap iron. " After listening to the Colonel's explanation, everyone was silent. Chief of staff malining said: "according to the reconnaissance, in addition to gathering heavy troops in the direction of volokoramsk defended by the 316th infantry division, their tank regiment also detoured from the north of our army units and began to advance rapidly towards klin. We have to draw forces from the existing forces and go to the city of Kling for defense. " At this time, major general zaharov, who had not spoken for a long time, stood up and said in a loud voice: "comrades, the situation is very serious. We must take immediate action to prevent the German army from continuing to advance towards our capital!" I looked at him with dissatisfaction and didn't say anything. After all, he had an unshirkable responsibility for the sacrifice of thousands of cavalry soldiers yesterday“ I agree with zaharov, "rokosovsky said after a pause." I decided to send the following troops to klin city. " Then he read out a series of serial numbers: the 126th infantry division, the 17th very weak cavalry division, the 25th tank brigade with only 12 tanks, the 107th tank division with only 300 soldiers and the 58th tank division without a tank. There must be a unified command between so many troops of different numbers and the original klin garrison. Malining volunteered and said, "Comrade commander, I'll go!" Rokosovsky shook his head almost without thinking and objected: "no, I need you to stay as my adviser. I'd better send someone else for that position." His eyes swept across everyone's face. When he saw me, I thought: don't ask me to go. I don't even know where Colin is, let alone command so many different numbers of troops. The commander's eyes stopped at zaharov and said, "I have decided to ask Comrade zaharov to command the army. Do you have any objection?"“ No! " Everyone answered with one voice. Then he added: "the pressure on volokoramsk, who is defended by the 316 infantry division, is also great. I need someone to help general Panfilov. Does anyone want to go? "“ I'll go“ I'll go Malining and the commissar rush to sign up. Before rokosovsky made a decision, I stood up, coughed and said, "Comrade commander, let me go to the 316 infantry division. I've been there, but I'm familiar with general Panfilov, and I've been in command of the grass-roots company below. I believe that no one is more suitable for this task than me. " Rokosovsky looked at me and did not speak for a long time before nodding slowly.
The hygienist helped me sit down, untied my clothes, opened the bandage and changed my dressing. There was no heating facilities in the tent. I was only wearing a military coat. As soon as I took off my clothes, my body was exposed to the cold air. When the cold air froze, I could not help shaking slightly.
When the health worker cleaned the wound, I felt a burst of burning pain. Looking down, not only did my left shoulder turn black purple, but it also swelled to the elbow. Seeing this, I couldn't help but take a breath, then clenched my teeth tightly, held back the pain and didn't say a word.
Because of the large area of the wound, the time for the health workers to change the dressing is a little longer. In the process of suffering pain, I also shivered from the initial cold to sweating at the back.
After the hygienist wrapped the bandage again, I asked her to help me put my left hand through my sleeve and hang it around my neck. When all this was done, I was about to get up and leave, but she stopped me: "Comrade commander, please wait a moment." Then she got up and ran out of the tent.
"What did she tell me to wait for?" I got up slowly and stood in the middle of the tent in a daze.
Before long, the health worker came in again with a pile of things in his hand and handed them to me. When I looked at it carefully, it turned out that it was all my things, including the holster belt, briefcase and medal.
I raised my hand just want to pick up, she took the initiative to say: "I'll help you."
Seeing that I nodded, she slipped the briefcase off my head and put it on my right shoulder. Then she strapped me on. Finally, she put three medals on my chest carefully.
After thanking her, I left the tent and went outside to see that it was getting dark. I don't have a watch. I don't know the exact time. I can only guess from the weather that it's about three o'clock in the afternoon. Looking around, the wounded on the ground were all transferred, and the ground between the trees was purple black everywhere.
I walked slowly along the path to the command post. The gunfire in front of us is still ringing. It seems that fierce fighting is still going on. From time to time along the way, we can see that the wounded are being carried or helped by health workers or soldiers, rushing to the emergency camp.
When I went into the command post, I saw people sitting around tables in a meeting. I glanced at him and found that in addition to rokosovsky, lobachev, malining and zaharov, there were a few more strange faces.
Who are these people? Is it the reserve sent by the front army? In the process of thinking wildly, the sharp eyed political commissar lobachev had found me and quickly asked me to sit down for a meeting.
Rokosovsky is reporting today's battle report to you: the brave and indomitable 78th division defeated the German motorized 14th division and the infantry 252nd division one after another today, and severely damaged the 106th infantry division that came to reinforce one hour ago. At this moment, the imperial tank division of the German army rushed forward crazily, which prevented the division from continuing to advance
Hearing such a gratifying record, everyone could not help whispering excitedly.
"Please be quiet!" In the face of such brilliant results, rokosovsky can not see the slightest joy on his face. From what I know about him, what he's going to say next is the point.
As I expected, when everyone was quiet, he began to speak: "comrades! Although we have made great achievements in this defensive area, the whole situation is still very serious for us. According to the information transferred from the headquarters of the front army, the deployment of the "central" group of the German army has changed, new troops have been transferred, and the participating regiments have been supplemented. On November 16, it was led by field marshal Burke and transferred to the offensive. The enemy and US fought on the broad front from Kalinin to Tula. In the north, major raids were carried out in the right-wing defensive zones of the 30th, 16th and 5th group armies (Volga reservoir, Moscow mozaisk railway), and in the south, in the defensive zones of the 50th group army (Tula, new Moscow)
Listening to these strange place names and serial numbers from the commander's mouth, I can't help but have a headache again. It has always been my weakness that I am not familiar with the place names, the numbers of troops and the names of commanders. If I were to command this group army at this time, the command system would be in chaos.
"... general Zhukov called in half an hour, and since the contact with the headquarters of the 30th group army had been completely interrupted, he transferred the command of the two cavalry divisions and one tank division of the former 30th group army located in the area of our group army and west of Kerin to me."
Hearing this, I couldn't help glancing at the unfamiliar commanders and Thinking: This is really great. I added three divisions to our group army, one of which is tank division, so that rokosovsky would not worry about the lack of reserves for defense depth.
When I was elated, the conversation between rokosovsky and the tank division commander cooled my heart. The commander asked the division commander, "Comrade Colonel! How many tanks are there in your division? "
"None of them. Comrade commander The Colonel stood up and answered aloud.
"What?" People who heard what he said were stunned. The tank division didn't even have a tank. Did it lose it in the battle?
"Why?" Asked rokosovsky gravely. The colonel looked around and said with some questions, "my 58th tank division was formed shortly before the war broke out. According to the establishment, our division should have 260 tanks. When our division was assigned to the 30th group army, the superior once said that we would assign tanks to us as soon as possible, but the national defense warehouse where the tanks were stored was destroyed in the enemy's air raid, and all the tanks became burning scrap iron. " After listening to the Colonel's explanation, everyone was silent. Chief of staff malining said: "according to the reconnaissance, in addition to gathering heavy troops in the direction of volokoramsk defended by the 316th infantry division, their tank regiment also detoured from the north of our army units and began to advance rapidly towards klin. We have to draw forces from the existing forces and go to the city of Kling for defense. " At this time, major general zaharov, who had not spoken for a long time, stood up and said in a loud voice: "comrades, the situation is very serious. We must take immediate action to prevent the German army from continuing to advance towards our capital!" I looked at him with dissatisfaction and didn't say anything. After all, he had an unshirkable responsibility for the sacrifice of thousands of cavalry soldiers yesterday“ I agree with zaharov, "rokosovsky said after a pause." I decided to send the following troops to klin city. " Then he read out a series of serial numbers: the 126th infantry division, the 17th very weak cavalry division, the 25th tank brigade with only 12 tanks, the 107th tank division with only 300 soldiers and the 58th tank division without a tank. There must be a unified command between so many troops of different numbers and the original klin garrison. Malining volunteered and said, "Comrade commander, I'll go!" Rokosovsky shook his head almost without thinking and objected: "no, I need you to stay as my adviser. I'd better send someone else for that position." His eyes swept across everyone's face. When he saw me, I thought: don't ask me to go. I don't even know where Colin is, let alone command so many different numbers of troops. The commander's eyes stopped at zaharov and said, "I have decided to ask Comrade zaharov to command the army. Do you have any objection?"“ No! " Everyone answered with one voice. Then he added: "the pressure on volokoramsk, who is defended by the 316 infantry division, is also great. I need someone to help general Panfilov. Does anyone want to go? "“ I'll go“ I'll go Malining and the commissar rush to sign up. Before rokosovsky made a decision, I stood up, coughed and said, "Comrade commander, let me go to the 316 infantry division. I've been there, but I'm familiar with general Panfilov, and I've been in command of the grass-roots company below. I believe that no one is more suitable for this task than me. " Rokosovsky looked at me and did not speak for a long time before nodding slowly.