Chapter Eighty-Three: Ammunition
"Here, another drink!" Koval stretched out his hands and pushed Maevsky away, struggled for a moment, and then continued to fall back into a deep sleep. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Majewski looked at Koval and shook his head helplessly. Standing there watching, an idea suddenly came to mind. He immediately ran to the nearby pool, scooped up a glass of ice-cold water, took it, and gently sprinkled it on Koval's face.
The icy water woke Koval up all at once. Koval sat up suddenly, wiped the water on his face with his sleeve, and said in a daze: "Mayevsky, what are you doing?" ”
"Battalion commander, you came to visit the division commander, and you fell asleep here. That's how I'm going to wake you up. Mayevsky said helplessly, spreading his hands.
Koval sat in his chair, picked up the water and washed his face vigorously, finally coming to his senses. Koval slowly recalled what happened before he was drunk, and slowly understood that Pawowski was deliberately pouring himself alcohol, but fortunately there was nothing flawed in his answer.
This guy didn't expect some small tricks, Koval thought to himself.
Koval stood up and walked into Pavowski's office.
"Koval, you're awake, I see you're so tired, and I want you to sleep well." Pavowski said kindly.
"Thank you for your concern, my subordinates are too strong to drink, I'm really ashamed. However, the subordinates came here this time to ask the commander to replenish some ammunition for our battalion. Too much ammunition was consumed in previous operations, and now the troops are short of ammunition and have difficulty coping with the threats around them. Koval said sincerely.
Pavowski sat behind his desk, released the papers in his hand, stared at Koval carefully, and asked, "How much ammunition do you want?" ”
"If you are defending in place, you need one base of ammunition, but if you want to go on the offensive, you need at least three base of ammunition." Koval stood motionless, slashing the number in his mind a little more.
"Koval, you also know that we have just built a lot of new troops, and we are very short of guns and ammunition. So be it! You are still the vanguard of our troops, and I will give you... a half-base ammunition, and I will send troops to follow you closely behind and provide you with support. Pawowski had a helpless look on his face.
As he spoke, he handed over a military order document, and Koval picked it up and looked at it, which read: The 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 11th Infantry Division is hereby ordered to march east of Vilnius as the vanguard to recover his homeland. 150,000 rounds of ammunition were specially allocated. Issued by: Pavowski.
Koval picked up the document and said with a difficult face: "Sir, one and a half base ammunition is really not enough, can you give a little more?" ”
Pavowski walked over and patted Koval on the shoulder and said: "Young man, be bold!" The troops in the back will follow in time, and when the supplies in the rear arrive, I will replenish you again. Will you fight this battle or not? ”
Koval knew that if he signed, he would have to take the risk with this ammunition, and a large part of the credit would be given to his superiors, although this was the norm in the troops, but for someone like Koval who desperately wanted to climb up, any behavior of robbing him of credit would be unbearable for him.
However, when the division commander's words came to this, Koval sighed secretly, his face was full of determination, and he said loudly: "I'll fight." ”
"Good! Go ahead, I'll wait for your good news. Pavowski had a relieved expression.
Koval walked out with the papers and went with Majewski to collect the ammunition.
As soon as Koval walked in front, Demps walked out from the side, ran to Pavowski and asked suspiciously: "Commander, this kid just didn't take you seriously, why did you allocate ammunition to him?" ”
Pavowski touched his short beard, put his left hand behind his back, and said: "This ammunition is only enough for him to fight a battle or two, and when the fight is over, he will come to me." Pinched his ammunition, I asked him to go east, but he didn't dare to go west. ”
Pavowski thought to himself: no matter how well he plays, isn't it all mine! Hahaha!
Captain Joseph arrived with a cavalry team in ten wagons. Koval led the men to the ammunition depot and knocked on the door, where several soldiers were chatting.
"Battalion Commander Koval, your speech just now was wonderful!" A captain officer walked over and said.
"Thank you." Koval got straight to the point: "I want to get some ammunition, here are the documents." ”
The captain took it and looked at it, and shouted to the soldiers, "Carry one hundred and fifty boxes of 7.92mm Mauser rifle ammunition for Camp Commander Koval." ”
The captain led Koval and the others to the back warehouse, where boxes of bullets were placed on top of the frames of the cars. The soldiers carried the bullet boxes to the wagon brought by Koval and the others.
"Captain, can I take a step to speak?" Koval whispered over to the captain and said.
The two men walked behind a carriage next to the warehouse, blocking everyone's gaze.
"Major, do you need anything?" The captain said with a slight smile.
"Captain, I still need three hundred and fifty thousand rounds of ammunition, a thousand grenades." Koval looked at him and said softly.
"350,000 rounds of ammunition is too many." The captain said with some surprise.
Koval smiled and said, "Captain, I don't think it's a very difficult thing for you. As he spoke, he pulled a stack of bills out of his clothes.
The captain's face was embarrassed, his face was constantly changing, and his heart was full of hesitation.
"What do you want so many bullets for?" The captain asked, staring at Kold.
Koval looked at him sincerely and said, "You know, when you have a bad relationship with your superiors, you will always get stuck. I need this batch of bullets in order to continue the offensive to the east. ”
"I can help you," said the captain, "but you have so many bullets that I can only give you a hundred thousand rounds." ”
Koval smiled and took out half of the money and said, "It's five thousand dollars, I'll give you five thousand when the bullets are loaded." Captain, I need 350,000 rounds, and that's not a big deal. The battle is busy, the march is constant, and no one will come to check. There is a big river all the way, and maybe your ammunition cart will accidentally turn over in the middle of the river! ”
The captain counted the dollars in his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's make a deal." ”
One hundred and fifty boxes of ammunition were quickly removed, and the captain told all the other soldiers to go back and close the door to the place.
Coval's soldiers quietly ran into the warehouse, carrying boxes of bullets from the warehouse to the wagons outside.
More than two dozen soldiers quietly finished moving their things, pulled up the canvas and covered the boxes.
Koval handed over the remaining five thousand dollars and said, "Good cooperation." ”