"Batalion Commander, Comrade Battalion Commander." While Lida was chatting with Kajia, she suddenly heard someone outside calling her: "Are you in there?"
Lida recognized the voice of a subordinate who was responsible for distributing food. She quickly got up and walked to the door and asked outside: "What's the matter?"
"Comrade Battalion Commander," the female soldier saw Lida's appearance and quickly took two steps forward. When she was about to speak, she suddenly saw Kajia sitting in the room staring at her intently, so she approached Lida.
He whispered into Da's ear: "The German second lieutenant said he wanted to see you."
"What did he see me for?"
"have no idea."
Lida turned her head and glanced at Kajia who was sitting in the room, and then made a decisive decision: "Bring him here."
After the female soldier turned around and left, Lida turned around and walked back into the room and said to Kajia: "Kajia, I wonder if you can go find your friends now and ask them if they have any thoughts about joining the army?"
Lida was worried that when Otto came over later, it would irritate Kajia, so she tried to send her away. However, Kajia did not see Lida's intention and said enthusiastically: "Don't worry, comrade commander, I
Go find them now. I will give you a satisfactory answer within an hour at the latest."
"Thank you so much, Kajia." Lida held the other person's hand and said friendly: "Then I will wait here for your good news."
Not long after sending Kajia away, Otto came to Lida under the escort of two soldiers.
"Mr. Second Lieutenant," Leda asked Otto expressionlessly, "What do you want from me?"
"Beautiful girl," Otto said politely: "To thank you for taking care of me and my men, I am going to tell you an important news."
"Important news," Lida said casually: "Is it about the German offensive plan?"
Hearing what Lida said, Otto's eyes flashed with a look of surprise. But he quickly returned to normal and said in a positive tone: "Yes, beautiful girl, the important news I want to tell you is about
Our army’s offensive plan.”
"Please sit down, Lieutenant Otto." Leda remembered Otto's name: "Please tell me everything you know."
"Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, our division's troops, under the cover of the armored regiment's tanks, will launch a powerful offensive towards the town of Kazachia Compass."
Lida felt that the intelligence provided by Otto was not of much value at all. The Soviet army occupied the town of Kazachya Compass. The Germans would definitely not be willing to fail and would definitely send troops to counterattack the town. Even if Otto did not say anything,
The commander in charge of the town's defense also understood this.
Although Lida was dissatisfied with this information in her heart, out of politeness, she still asked politely: "Second Lieutenant Otto, is the information you said reliable?"
"Completely reliable." Otto replied affirmatively: "A friend of mine is the staff officer of the division headquarters, and he told me this news. He said at the time that if today's attack does not go well, let me take my men with me.
Withdraw from the town and wait for the tank attack tomorrow to be more certain of recapturing the town."
After listening to Otto's story, Leda had a new idea in her mind. If the other party did not lie, then tomorrow's battle would be extremely cruel, and she needed to report the news immediately. She nodded slightly to Otto and said with a smile
: "Second Lieutenant Otto, I understand all the information you provided. I will report it to our superiors according to the steps. Now you can go back and rest."
After saying that, Leda ordered the two female soldiers who escorted Otto to take Otto away.
After Otto left, Lida sat in her seat and thought for a long time, considering whether she should report the news to Golia or Koida. After repeated thinking, she decided to report the information. Regardless of whether the enemy would be there tomorrow.
Under the cover of tanks, the superior commander must be well aware of the attack on the Compass Town of Kazachia.
After Lida made up her mind, she came to Golia's battalion command post and prepared to report the news to him.
Golia and several of his subordinates were drinking tea and chatting in the command post. When he saw Lida walking in, he quickly stood up and came over to greet him. He smiled and asked: "Captain Lida, you are welcome to my command post. I need to give you something."
Would you like a cup of hot tea with honey?"
"That's great." Leda replied, "I'm thirsty."
Lida followed Golia to the table. A commander immediately stood up and made room for her. At the same time, another commander placed a cup of steaming black tea in front of her.
After Lida thanked the two commanders, she looked up at Goliath and said, "Comrade Major, I have received a piece of information that is related to the safety of Kazachiya Compass Town. I think it is necessary to report it to you."
"What information?"
"At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, the German infantry will launch an attack on the town under the cover of tanks." Lida reminded Goliath kindly: "Look, do you need to report this news to Colonel Koida immediately?"
"Captain Lida, where did you get this news?"
"It was the captured German second lieutenant Otto who told me."
"Second Lieutenant Otto is our prisoner. How could he know what actions the Germans will take tomorrow?"
Facing Golia's question, Lida explained: "Second Lieutenant Otto said that this news was told to him by his friend who was a staff officer at the division headquarters. The other party also reminded him that if today's attack does not go well, he must bring
Withdraw his troops from the town to prepare for tomorrow's attack."
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Grisa heard this and was worried that Golia would not pay attention to the information provided by Lida, so she quickly said to him: "I think the information provided by Captain Lida is very valuable, and we need to report it to our superiors immediately.
"
"Comrade Captain," Golia waved his hand and said, "I think every commander and fighter in the town knows that after the enemy is driven away from Kazachiya Compass Town by us, he will not be reconciled to their defeat and will inevitably take crazy measures.
An offensive operation to retake the town of Cazachia Compass."
Lida originally didn't take the intelligence provided by Otto to heart, but on the way to the battalion command post, she figured out a truth: the Germans had known that today's counterattack during the day would not achieve the desired results.
, and putting the focus of the attack on tomorrow means that tomorrow's battle will be very cruel. If you are not prepared in advance, you may suffer a big loss.
Seeing that Goliath was not concerned about this matter, she quickly reminded him: "Comrade Major, I think this matter should be reported to the superior as soon as possible so that the superior can understand the enemy's intentions in time and make corresponding arrangements.
Adjustment."
"Yes, comrade battalion commander." Grisa agreed: "I think we should at least report this matter to comrade regiment commander. As for whether he reports it to the division headquarters, it has nothing to do with us. In this way, no matter what happens in the future
Whatever the mistake is, when our superiors investigate it, we won’t have to bear any responsibility."
Grisa's words convinced Goliath. He nodded slowly and said: "Captain Grisa, you are right. Now that we have obtained this information, no matter whether it is important or not, it is necessary to report it to our superiors. The superiors will
Judge."
He grabbed the phone on the table, shook the handle twice, picked up the phone and put it to his ear: "Signal Corps, this is Major Golia, help me pick up the regiment headquarters."
The call was quickly connected, and Golia reported to the regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Majevo: "Comrade regiment leader, Captain Lida has just obtained a piece of information that the enemy will launch a new round of attack on the town tomorrow morning.
.”
"Captain Lida?" Majewo couldn't help but frowned when he heard Lida's name: "What does she do? How could she provide you with information?"
Hearing Majievo's question, Golia realized that the regiment leader might not know about the arrival of Lida's troops at the grain depot. He quickly explained to him: "Comrade regiment leader, Captain Lida is a recent soldier."
The women's anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the 98th Division Artillery Regiment was stationed at the grain depot under the orders of the division commander, Colonel Koida, to assist us in guarding the captured German prisoners."
"Major Goria, why do I get more and more confused the more I listen?" Majewo said: "Since she is from the 98th Guards Division, how come she accepts the command of Commander Koida?"
"Comrade Commander, the situation is like this." Golia explained to Majevo on the phone: "Yes, Captain Lida is indeed a member of the 98th Guards Division, but because the division is currently carrying out an important
As a result, they temporarily left their artillery regiment in the town and placed it under the command of the division commander."
After Golia's explanation, Majewo finally understood what was going on, but out of caution, he specifically asked: "Is the source of the news reliable?"
Golia hesitated again, and he turned his attention to Lida, trying to get a positive answer from her. After Lida exchanged looks with him, she understood what he meant, and she blinked a few times to signal her
The source of the information is very reliable. Golia then said: "She obtained the information from a prisoner. I think it should be accurate."
"Why did the prisoner tell her the news?"
"Because she was ordered by the division commander to bring the women's anti-aircraft artillery battalion to the grain depot to help us take care of the prisoners." Golia continued: "The dinner for the prisoners tonight was distributed by her people. I think the prisoners may be
Seeing that our army indeed treated them favorably, they took the initiative to explain such issues."
After Majewo confirmed the source of the intelligence, he immediately reported the matter to Koida.
Koida took this matter very seriously. He personally called the 568th Regiment stationed in the south of the town and asked the regiment leader straight to the point: "Lieutenant Colonel Kashatkin, according to the intelligence we have, the Germans may be here.
We will launch an attack on your defensive positions tomorrow. How about it? Are you confident in blocking the enemy?"
"Comrade Division Commander!" Lieutenant Colonel Kashakin vowed: "Since we can repulse the German attack today, we can also block and crush their attack tomorrow. Don't worry."
Although he said this, Koida's heart was not at ease at all. He continued: "The enemy may dispatch a large number of tanks to cover their infantry to attack the position outside the town that you are holding fast. You cannot take it lightly."
If the commander of other troops heard that the German army would dispatch a large number of tanks, they would have impatiently requested reinforcements from their superiors, especially reinforcements of various anti-tank forces. But Lieutenant Colonel Kashakin said lightly: "Comrade Division Commander,
Have you forgotten that our regiment is equipped with a large number of rocket launchers, which are powerful weapons against German tanks. Unless the enemy comes tomorrow, as long as they dare to attack us, we will definitely make them pay a heavy price."
According to Lieutenant Colonel Kashatkin's idea, since the troops are equipped with a sufficient number of rocket launchers, even if the enemy dispatches more tanks, he is fully capable of blocking the enemy.
This optimistic spirit of Lieutenant Colonel Kashatkin deeply moved Colonel Koida. He said with great interest: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, since you are so confident, I will wait at the division headquarters tomorrow."
News of your victory."
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At eight o'clock in the morning the next day, the German army suddenly launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the position of the 568th Regiment. For a time, the outer position to the south of the town was shrouded in smoke and fire, and the connection between the division headquarters and the position was also interrupted.
.
Listening to the rumble of artillery coming from outside the town, and losing contact with the 568th Regiment, Koida couldn't help but feel anxious. He was like an ant on a hot pot, walking back and forth in the headquarters, rushing towards the division from time to time.
The chief of staff asked loudly: "Comrade chief of staff, how is the situation? Have you contacted the 568th Regiment?"
But each time, the division chief of staff smiled wryly, shook his head, and replied: "Comrade division commander, we haven't been contacted yet, but our communications troops are constantly calling them, and I believe communications will be restored soon."
In order to get in touch with the 568th Regiment as soon as possible, the division chief of staff called the commander of the communications company to him and ordered him: "Comrade Captain, immediately send your scouts to the outer positions south of the town. Be sure to restore the division headquarters and
Communications between the 568th Regiment.”
"Comrade division chief of staff," the commander of the communications company replied: "After the communication with the 568th Regiment was interrupted, I sent twelve communications soldiers to the outer positions south of the town to try to restore contact with the 568th Regiment.
But up to now, the communication troops I sent have not received any news, so it must be very serious."
"Comrade Captain," before the commander of the communications company could finish speaking, Koida angrily interrupted him: "I don't want to hear how many communications troops you sent. I just want to know when we can resume communication with the 568th.
The connection between the groups?”
Seeing that Koida was angry, the commander of the communications company quickly replied: "Comrade division commander, please give me another hour. After one hour, if the contact between the division headquarters and the 568th Regiment cannot be restored, there is no need for you to send me up."
Court martial, I will end my life with a bullet."
Seeing the commander of the communications company speaking so decisively, Koida still couldn't bear it. However, thinking that whether the 568th Regiment could hold the outer positions in the south of the town was related to the safety of the town, he could only harden his heart again and said: "No.
, one hour is too long, I can only give you half an hour. If the contact with the 568th Regiment has not been restored after the time is up, you can come and see me."
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Although the time given by Koida was very short, the communications company commander thought about it for a moment and felt that as long as he worked harder, he might be able to complete the task, so he replied bravely: "Please don't worry.
, I guarantee with my own life that I can complete the task you assigned us within the specified time."