It was a task that I thought I would die, but I didn''t expect it would end like this. Looking at the burning or wrecked German tanks on the hillside, I found that I couldn''t calm down for a long time. You know, this is the largest tank army in the world. It was almost wiped out by us mobs. If I didn''t see it with my own eyes, I can''t believe it''s true.


    Lieutenant Peter and three of his men stood near me, enjoying their masterpieces. Among them, corporal aleynikov said uncertainly: "my God, comrade commander, are we really responsible for killing these German tanks? How can I feel so unreal? "


    After listening to his words, my heart says that you don''t think it''s true, and I still don''t think it''s true. Four infantry, with four anti tank guns, killed more than a dozen German tanks in half a day. Moreover, he was bombed by German tanks for several hours, and he was not hurt at all except his face was blackened by the smoke. No one would believe that it was true. It was just a fable.


    We stood on the hill and enjoyed our masterpiece for a long time. Lieutenant Peter couldn''t help asking me, "Comrade major, where are we going next? Or stay here and continue to block the German tanks tomorrow? "


    Listen to his tone, but also want to stay to fight German tanks, I was surprised. The reason why the German tanks suffered such a big loss today is that they were not covered by infantry from the beginning to the end. When the German army appeared tomorrow, we would not even talk about coordinated operations. We are not enough to plug our teeth for others. So I quickly waved my hand and said, "Lieutenant Peter, our mission has been completed, so we don''t have to stay here anymore. Let''s set out now and go back to the headquarters of the group army. "


    Peter agreed, and then gave orders to his men: "all have guns on their shoulders, turn right and walk together." His subordinates followed his command, carrying the long anti tank gun on their left shoulder, carrying the empty backpack in their right hand, and striding down the hill.


    When I was walking at the back of the team, I suddenly found a strange phenomenon: when they went up the mountain, they carried the anti tank guns on their right shoulder. How could they go down the mountain, they all changed to their left shoulder? Is it stipulated in the military regulations that when carrying anti tank guns up and down the mountain, they must carry them in different positions?


    With this question, I caught up with Lieutenant Peter in front of me. In order to avoid asking too abrupt questions, I had a little chat with him first, and then tentatively asked: "Comrade lieutenant, I think you carry the anti tank gun on your right shoulder before you go up the hill. Why do you carry it on your left shoulder when you go down the hill?"


    Peter gave a wry smile and replied, "Comrade major, you don''t know that the recoil of the anti tank gun is too strong. We played a day today, the right shoulder is almost swollen, can not carry, can only change to the left shoulder


    It turns out that''s what happened. I naively thought it was the regulation. I forgot that the huge recoil force of the anti tank gun would cause harm to the users. I chuckled twice and was about to continue talking. Suddenly, berekov''s alert voice came from the front: "attention, it seems that someone is coming up the hill."


    "Spread out, cover up!" After hearing the warning, Peter gave the order reflexively.


    I hid behind the low bush and observed the situation in front from the crevice. In a short time, more than a dozen soldiers with helmets and guns were walking slowly up the hill in a scattered formation along the forest path.


    Although these people were all in our uniform, they didn''t immediately jump out to contact them. They continued to hide in place, waiting for orders from lieutenant Peter and me.


    These soldiers are getting closer to us. Recently, the top soldiers are only ten meters away from us. Then Lieutenant Peter suddenly pointed to the crowd below and excitedly said to me, "major, do you see that? The leader is military commissar gurov. They must have come to us. " At this point, he stood up from the invisible place. In order to prevent misunderstanding, he did not rush down immediately, but stood in the same place, waving his hands desperately and shouting: "Comrade military commissar, I''m Peter, we''re here."


    The troops who were searching and advancing stopped, and the muzzle of the gun pointed at Peter who was dancing. I was still hiding behind the bushes. When I saw this scene, I couldn''t help worrying about Lieutenant Peter. I was afraid that a soldier might pull the trigger and cause a chain reaction and shoot him to death.


    Fortunately, what I was worried about didn''t happen. After a while, a political worker, surrounded by several soldiers with submachine guns, came to us. This time, I can see clearly that it''s no one else. It''s the military commissar guloff whom Lieutenant Peter called just now. It seems that they didn''t regard us as cannon fodder. They sent people to support us. Moreover, they were led by the military commissars who were very heavy in the group army.


    I quickly stood up from behind the Bush, patted Peter, who was still waving his hands, and said with a smile, "enough, comrade lieutenant, stop waving. They all see us." With that, I stepped over Peter and trotted all the way to meet guroff.


    I ran to gurov, stifled my excitement, and loudly reported: "report, comrades of the military commissar, major oshanina, to you that we have successfully completed the task of intercepting the German tanks and annihilated 17 German tanks. Our army has no casualties. At present, the troops are on their way back to the headquarters of the group army. Please give us your instructions! "


    Gulov raised his hand and said, "at ease, no casualties. I''m afraid you can''t withstand the German attack, so I specially brought a company to support you." At this point, he was shocked and asked in an unbelievable voice, "Comrade major, what did you say just now? You annihilated 17 German tanks. Is that true? Have the results been confirmed? "


    In the face of his continuous questioning, I replied with a smile: "report to the military commissar, the destroyed German tanks are burning in the open land on the north side of the hill." Speaking of this, I lowered my voice and said mysteriously, "but if you want to see it, you should move faster, or it will burn out."


    Gurov listened to me, laughed, waved his hand and said, "come on, everyone, follow me to the hills and see the German tanks destroyed by our heroes." With that, he walked along the path to the top of the hill.


    As he walked so fast, I almost had to trot all the way to keep up with him. Behind me was lieutenant Peter and his three men, and behind me was the soldier of the infantry company that gurov had brought to reinforce us.


    At the top of the slope, Gusev looked at the burning tanks in the open field and counted them with great interest. When he finished counting, he found that it was exactly the same as the number I reported to him, and excitedly said to me, "Comrade major, you and your soldiers have made great contributions. When I get back to the headquarters of the group army, I will report to the higher authorities and ask for credit for you. "


    "Thank you, comrade military Commissar. In fact, I didn''t do anything in this battle. These tanks were destroyed by Lieutenant Peter and his three soldiers. " I don''t mean to be modest, but to be honest. The distance between our hiding place and the German tanks is three or four hundred meters. The submachine gun in my hand can''t hit that far in any case.


    "You should be rewarded for your meritorious conduct."


    When gurov finished, I asked cautiously, "Comrade military commissar, our blocking task has been completed. Can we withdraw to the headquarters of the group army?"


    "Come on, comrade major." Gurov kindly said: "since the task has been completed, let''s go back together."


    Twenty minutes later, gurov and I sat side by side in the back of the jeep back to the headquarters of the group army. After chatting with him, I asked him curiously, "Comrade military commissar, is the counterattack against the German army going well today?"


    Unexpectedly, he shook his head and said, "the counterattack made this morning has been delayed?"


    I was surprised and asked, "why is that?"


    Gurov took off his big hat, touched his big bald head with his hand, and said with some helplessness: "during the day, we learned from the supreme command that the former commander of the 64th army, lieutenant general gordov, was officially appointed commander of Stalingrad''s front army. His first order after taking office was to postpone our counterattack by one day, saying that the newly formed 13th tank army would be sent to cooperate with the operation tomorrow. "


    After hearing what he said, I said with some worry: "if the attack is delayed for one day, doesn''t it give the Germans time to reinforce their fortifications? In this way, we will pay a greater price for tomorrow''s counterattack. "


    After putting on his hat again, gurov said flatly, "we need the cooperation of the 64th army in the attack tomorrow. But where are their troops? Many troops have just arrived at the railway station through railway transportation from Tula. At present, they are on the way from the railway station to the position. It is still unknown when they will arrive.


    Originally, according to the original plan of the front army, the 64th group army should send the 66th marine brigade and the 137th tank brigade to move along the right bank of the Don river towards the town of zimliangskaya. Their task is to attack the flank and rear of the German army and destroy the German army group crossing the Don river there. According to the order, this force should be assembled in the town of suvorovsky on the evening of July 22. However, due to the fact that the bridge near lower kirskaya can not bear the weight of the tanks, the medium and heavy tanks of the tank 137th brigade can not cross the Don river. At present, only one motorized infantry battalion and 15 light tanks of the tank brigade have reached the designated position. "


    When I heard him talking about the 64th army, I couldn''t help thinking of general trakov, who was brilliant in the battle of Stalingrad. I didn''t know when I would meet him. I just wanted to follow gurov''s words for a few words. Suddenly, I found that what gurov told me was all the top secrets of our army. Isn''t he afraid that I will leak them? There''s only one kind of person who won''t let out the secret. That''s the dead. Is gurov going to kill me later? At the thought of this, my forehead broke out in a cold sweat.


    Guloff saw my abnormality, but he didn''t think that I was thinking wildly. He thought it was the complicated enemy situation that made me panic. He then said, "Comrade major, what I just told you is all important secrets of our army. The reason why I want to let you know this openly is that you are the adjutant of commander kolpakchi. Only when you understand this can you better assist the general in his work. "


    I put down the big stone in my heart, nodded and expressed my determination to gurov: "Comrade military commissar, please rest assured that I will assist the commander in his work."


    Then our jeep stopped at the gate of the headquarters. After getting out of the car, I followed guroff and went in. As they passed the gate sentry, they stood at attention and raised their hands to salute us.


    As soon as I entered the headquarters, I heard gurov exclaim: "my God, is that you? Vasili Ivanovic, what''s the matter with you? Are you hurt? " After listening to gurov''s warning, I found that in addition to commander kolpakchi, there was also a thin and serious general sitting at the table. Now when I see a commander who is higher than me, my first reaction is to look at other people''s ranks. This general with a thick bandage on his head is actually a general. I immediately muttered in my heart, who is this? Is it lieutenant general gordov, commander of the front army? The injured lieutenant general shook his head and said with a bitter face, "Oh, forget it, my plane was knocked down by German fighters." Surprised, gurov stepped forward and asked with concern, "what''s the matter? Let''s hear it. " The general said: "this morning, our group army troops were ordered to move to suvolovsky town. I decided to fly along the front line of the group army to see our defensive positions from the air. I didn''t expect to encounter a German d-88 as soon as I got to the southeast of surovigino. The Y-2 I was on was unarmed, while the enemy aircraft was equipped with artillery and machine guns. German air robbers attacked me nearly ten times. Our plane seems to be about to be smashed by enemy fire. Below is the open grassland, landing will become a fixed target, immediately hit by enemy aircraft. Our aircrew fixed the position according to the sun and flew East in a hurry, hoping to find a small village or a small forest so as to get rid of the enemy plane temporarily. But the grassland was empty... I can''t remember how many times our plane fell to the ground and broke into two pieces after the enemy''s attack. Before the plane crashed, the pilot skillfully manipulated the plane, so after the crash, the pilot and I were relatively safe. We were just thrown out of the cockpit. I hurt my forehead, hurt my chest and spine, and bruised the pilot''s knees. And the German pilot saw our plane smoking, probably thought we were finished. After a circle in the air, he flew West and disappeared on the horizon. Next, we were lucky to meet captain shamikov, who was on a mission nearby. He led people to save us and personally escorted us to your group headquarters. " After listening, gurov took off his hat, wiped his sweat, and even said, "it''s too dangerous." Then he turned to me and said, "major oshanina, I''d like to introduce you to general Vasili Ivanovich trakov, deputy commander of the 64th army."