Burning Moscow

After listening to my arrangement, General Afanasyev smiled and said: "Major Oshanina, your arrangement is very reasonable. I think that by returning Comrade Vaskov to the army, his talents can be improved. Good performance." At this point, he turned to look at Sazanov standing next to him, "What do you think? Comrade guerrilla captain."

Sazanov smiled and replied: "Comrade General, you are right. Vaskov is a comrade with rich combat experience. It is his greatest honor to be able to return to the army."

General Afanasiyev asked me again: "Comrade Major, you let him be a platoon leader in the guard company, what rank do you plan to give him?"

I thought for a while and replied: "Report to Comrade General. I intend to give him the rank of lieutenant." I pointed to the rank on my collar and said: "I have heard from Comrade Vaskov's men before that if he keeps If I stay on the front line, I’m at least a major now. To be honest, based on what I know about Vaskov, it’s not a problem to be a lieutenant colonel with his abilities. It’s a pity that I’m just a major at the moment, and I want to be promoted to him. A high rank is impossible."

The general waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "Comrade Oshanina, your current rank is only temporary. I guess you will be promoted later, and then you can give Comrade Vaskov a higher rank." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to Sazannov and said, "Comrade Sazannov, thank you for your warm hospitality. We will leave it alone. There will be a period later."

"There will be a period later!"

Seeing the two of them bidding farewell, I waved to Vaskov, who was standing aside grinning, and asked him to come over. He ran to me, raised his hand to salute, and respectfully reported: "Comrade commander, Lieutenant Vaskov, the commander of the guard company, will report to you, wait..."

Before he could finish speaking, I interrupted him. Said: "Come on, Feijia. After all, we have fought from death to life together, you don't need to be so polite between you and me."

"But, according to the regulations..." When he wanted to explain something, I called Captain Burda, the company commander of the guard company, and pointed to Vaskov and said, "Comrade Captain. Come and get to know him. This is the new one. Second platoon commander, Lieutenant Vaskov." Then he introduced the company commander to Vaskov: "Comrade Vaskov. This is your immediate boss, Captain Burda, the company commander of the guard company."

After listening to my introduction, Vaskov hurriedly saluted Burda and reported it as required by the regulations.

After the farewell between General Afanasyev and Sazannov was over, he walked to my side and asked in a negotiated tone: "Comrade Oshanina, I am ready, can I leave?"

"Yes, Comrade General." I promised. He also ordered Burda, who was standing next to him: "Comrade Captain, divide the army into three parts as before. The deputy company commander and the first platoon open the way, and I and the second platoon are in the middle, responsible for protecting the general's safety; and you Serving as a guard."

General Afanasyev and I were walking in the middle of the line at the beginning. Neither of us spoke. After a moment of silence, the general suddenly asked, "Major Oshanina, is there the whereabouts of General Vlasov, the commander of the group army?"

"Maybe captured." I replied lightly.

"What? Captured?" The general's loud voice caught the attention of the surrounding soldiers. Everyone looked back at him and continued to move forward. "How could you be captured?" He asked me in a low voice, "Did you hear what someone said, or did you see it with your own eyes."

I replied softly: "After I escaped from the encirclement. I have been to the village of Piatnica, where Vlasov's headquarters was located." At this point, I hesitated and did not say anything. Vlasov ordered the troops to surrender, but said vaguely: "Later the village was surrounded by Germans, and everyone in the village should have been captured, because the whole village was empty when I rushed over with the troops the next day. No one."

"Wait a minute, there is a place I don't understand." General Afanasyev heard the flaw in my answer, and he asked puzzledly: "You didn't mean that the village was surrounded by Germans, and everyone in the village was surrounded by Germans. Captured. I want to know, how did you escape?"

Hearing this question, I was so frightened that I burst into cold sweat. As to how to answer him, I thought twice and decided to tell the truth: "It's a coincidence that I met my separated son in the village. I held him and escaped from the encirclement of the Germans."

General Afanasyev sneered twice, and said in a mocking tone: "The Germans are really good to you. No one intercepted you, so you left the village so sternly."

"Yes, Comrade General." I knew that this matter must be explained to him clearly, otherwise the future would be endless. I explained with a wry smile: "When I left the village with my child, I tore off my military rank and added the first The military uniform was torn to pieces during a breakout. In the eyes of those Germans, I was a refugee who had fled. Of course, when I was about to escape from the encirclement of the Germans, I was stopped by several German soldiers. Fortunately. At that time, the child was more clever, sobbing and crying so much that the German commander frowned, thinking that we were really refugees, so we let him go."

The general frowned and did not continue to entangle on this topic. Instead, he asked another question: "Aren't you in the 327th Division of Colonel Anchufeev? Why don't you be with your own troops, but ran to the No. Division 378 has gone?"

It's okay that he didn't mention it. When I mentioned it, I got angry, so I said angrily: "Why did you get to the 378th Division? It's not because of General Privalov."

"General Privalov?! What does it matter to him?"

I snorted heavily, and then started telling him about General Privalov’s tricks: "Our 327th Division is the vanguard of the breakout. I led my battalion along the narrow-gauge railway and broke through the German army. Three lines of defense. After breaking through the third line of defense, I found that the narrow-gauge railway passed between the two high grounds. If no troops were to be stationed on the high grounds on both sides, once the Germans launched a counterattack and occupied the high grounds, they only needed a few machine guns or The mortar can seal the gap we opened...."

The general hummed thoughtfully and said, "I have been to the place you mentioned. At that time, the German army had reoccupied the high ground on both sides. Their mortar and machine gun fire caused huge losses to our army. I rushed twice with the troops, but didn’t rush over. I had to retreat and enter the forest, looking for a new breakthrough route.” At this point, he was full of anger and violent expression, and asked in a furious manner: “I think I ask you, since you have discovered the importance of the highlands on both sides, why don't you leave the troops to hold on?

"After breaking through the line of defense, I immediately ordered all the soldiers to enter the position and repair the fortifications to prevent the Germans from attacking at any time." I said lightly: "I only have more than 400 people, but I have to guard two high grounds. The fortifications are just now. After the reinforcement, the Germans launched an attack on our position. Under our stubborn resistance, the German attack failed.

Soon after the battle, Colonel Anchufeev came with his troops. Seeing the arrival of the main force of the division, I was quite happy, because then there would be enough troops to attack the Germans and drive them farther away from our passage.

Unexpectedly, with Colonel Anchufeev, there was also General Plivalov. My request for the division to keep enough troops to attack the Germans was rejected by General Plivalov. He believed that we should continue to advance instead of staying to defend against possible German attacks.

Soon after General Privalov left, the 58th Infantry Brigade of Colonel Zizolif arrived. He heard me explain the importance of the high ground. Apart from anything else, he immediately transferred the artillery battalion and an infantry regiment to it. I command and prepare to cooperate with my troops to attack the Germans. Unexpectedly, just a few minutes before the start of the offensive, he received an order from the group army headquarters to quickly lead his troops to the Mias Nebor area. The superior's order cannot be violated. He can only withdraw all the troops under my command from the battle and transfer them to the designated area. "

"Send the troops to the Miasnebor area?" General Afanasyev frowned and thought for a while, and said: "I have the impression that this order was received by the Command of the Group Army. According to the telegram, that the breakout troops had encountered the Germans, and fierce battles took place. He did not have enough troops to request reinforcements, so he gave Zizolif this order."

I said bitterly to him: "Comrade General, do you know? It is because of this order ~www.NovelMTL.com~ that the offensive that had been prepared had to be cancelled. Colonel Zichorif’s troops had just left and defended the other side. The troops in the highlands were transferred away by the order of Colonel Anchufeev. The only one who kept the highlands was my lone army. You know, I have more than one hundred people, not to mention the offense, even the defensive manpower is not enough. "

After hearing this, the general said solemnly: "If what you said is true, I will apply to General Meretskov, the commander of the Front Army, because General Plivalov’s actions seriously endangered the breakout forces. Safe, it is recommended to send him to a military court for approval."

When the general said this, the anger in my heart also calmed down a lot, so I changed the subject and asked: "Comrade General, I heard that when the group army headquarters broke through, it was divided into three groups. Except you and General Vlasov Outside of the team, do you know the whereabouts of the deputy commander General Alfilyev and the head of the reconnaissance division Colonel Rogoff?"

General Afanasyev shook his head and said, "I don't know. Let alone the other two groups, even the Chief of Staff Colonel Vinogoradov, who broke through with me, was also separated in the battle."

While talking, Antonov ran in front of us, stood at attention and saluted, and reported to the highest-ranked General Afanasyev: "Comrade General, we have joined the second company of guards left behind, and the car is on the road. While waiting, please get in the car."