At this time in the division headquarters, Andrei and they were ready to prepare for the German night attack on Mamayev Height, but the Germans did attack at night, but the unexpected night attack was not Mamayev Gang but the city of Stalingrad. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Positions in the city south of Mamayev Gang

Here, Yanayev came to the position in the city without the guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the commander of the fourth regiment, Ivan, and met Vasily and a new observer, so he greeted him in a friendly manner: "Comrade Captain, come with us for a cup of tea!" ”

Vasily immediately put the sniper rifle on his back, snapped his legs upright, straightened his body and replied: "Yes!" ”

Yanayev and Ivan walked ahead, and Vasily and his men followed behind them, slowly descending along the improvised communication trenches. At the same time, they kept talking in a low voice, talking about the arrangement.

Five or six meters further on is a turn. Suddenly, a fierce burst of gunfire and the explosion of grenades rang out. Yanayev immediately stopped, pulled out his pistol and asked Ivan in a low voice: "What's the matter, where did the gunshots come from?" ”

Ivan couldn't figure out the sudden gunshots and explosions, he shook his head blankly, and replied, "The sound seems to come from the trench that turned the corner, or I'll go and see." ”

"No, the situation is unknown, you can't go on an adventure!" Yanayev quickly stopped him, then turned his head to look at Vasily and a sniper behind him, and saw that the two had taken the sniper rifle off their shoulders and held it tightly in their hands, so he ordered the two: "Get ready for battle, they quietly retreat." ”

They held their guns and slowly retreated cautiously. Before he could get far away, suddenly a soldier with a rifle rushed over from the corner, and when he saw some of them here, he immediately shouted loudly: "Comrade commander, go back, there are Germans, there are ......" Before he could finish shouting, the sound of submachine gun fire sounded, and the blood mist burst from the soldier's body, and then his body hit the wall of the trench behind him, and then slowly slid to the ground against the wall of the trench.

The Germans, the Germans actually touched their trenches, is this what is going on? At the moment when the soldier was shot, before Yanayev could come up with a reason, a man wearing a Soviet-style steel helmet, wearing an earthy yellow cotton military uniform, and holding a German-made submachine gun appeared in Yanayev's field of vision. At that time, Yanayev didn't think about it, and raising his hand was a shot. The bullet hit the opponent's right shoulder, and his body jerked backwards. Yanayev then fired two more shots that hit him directly in the forehead. As he fell on his back, a barrage of bullets from his submachine gun shot into the air. His body then fell next to the warrior he had killed.

Almost at the same time that the corpse fell to the ground, a person in the same dress appeared, although Yanayev was old, but he was a veteran and often hunted, so he decisively fired another shot, the German soldier did not expect Yanayev not to hit the head but to hit the leg, although he dodged and also pulled the trigger, but Yanayev's bullet accurately hit his right leg knee, he couldn't bear the pain, and his whole body leaned forward sharply. Da da da, the bullet of the submachine gun hit the trench Ryanayev hurriedly pulled the trigger again, and made up another shot, but he didn't expect the bullet to be blinded, at this time a gunshot rang out behind Yanayev, and the man was shot in the center of his eyebrows and fell on his back.

Yanayev turned his head and saw that it was Vasily who fired the shot. After he finished the shot, he stretched out his left hand and grabbed Yanayev's arm, dragged him back without saying a word, and at the same time shouted: "Deputy division commander, go quickly!" With this shout, Ivan, who was still in a state of shock, came back to his senses, and he hurriedly grabbed Yanayev's other arm, and ran back along the traffic trench with Vasily left and right.

After running a few steps, there was a crisp gunshot behind him. The three of them stopped in unison, turned their heads to look behind them, and saw that it was the sniper's gun, and another German who had rushed around the bend had been killed.

The three of them continued to run forward along the traffic trench, and Ivan shouted loudly as he ran: "Battle alert, battle alert, everyone immediately enter the position!" ”

Two more shots rang out behind them, and Yanayev could tell that it was from Mosin's Nagant rifle and knew that it must be the sniper who was destroying the enemy. At this moment, there was an explosion from behind, and the familiar gunfire could no longer be heard.

Although the fighters who constantly heard Ivan's shouts ran out of the artillery shelters, bomb shelters and ruins, they almost did not come to their senses before they fell under the enemy's strafing fire.

As soon as they ran around a corner, more than a dozen fighters came over, and seeing their embarrassed expressions, they all nervously asked Ivan: "Comrade regiment commander, what happened?" ”

The three of them leaned against the wall of the trench, gasping for air, not bothering to answer the soldiers' questions. The first to calm down was Vasily, who said loudly to the soldiers: "There are Germans who have touched our trenches and are chasing us, remember that they are wearing our uniforms." ”

After listening to Vasily's words, a commander with the rank of second lieutenant on his collar badge turned to his subordinates and said: "Leave two people to take care of the deputy division commander and regiment commander, and the others will come with me." After saying that, he raised the submachine gun in his hand and took the lead and ran towards the corner.

Although Yanayev didn't know how many Germans came, after the battle just now, the number must not be too much, and there should be no problem for the second lieutenant to take these dozen people to clean them up.

As soon as Yanayev thought of this, a dense exchange of fire was heard at the corner, and then several fighters were seen in Yanayev's field of vision, they shot as they retreated, but they all fell to the ground in a few moments.

"It's not good, comrade division commander, go quickly!" Ivan shouted, set Yanayev up again, and at the same time ordered the two fighters: "You are responsible for holding off the enemy, deputy." In fact, he didn't need to explain so much, as early as when he saw his comrades fall one after another, the soldiers who stayed behind to take care of them had already rushed towards the turn with their guns in hand.

They had not gone far before they saw a bomb hole next to it, and they got into it regardless of it. This hole is not big, and as soon as they enter, they are crowded and unable to move, but in order not to be discovered by the pursuing enemy, they have to wronged themselves first, hide here for a while, and wait for the enemy to be solved before leaving.

After a while, hearing that there was no movement outside, Ivan suddenly asked Yanayev: "Deputy division commander, this enemy is so strange, tell me, how did they get into our trenches and their combat effectiveness is still very strong?" ”

Yanayev thought for a while and replied: "Lieutenant Colonel Ivan, didn't you notice just now that the enemy is wearing the uniform of our army, and as long as they tell the sentry that they are friendly troops who have come to reinforce them, they will be released, after all, the current troop attrition is too great, and each regiment wants to replenish its strength as much as possible." Seeing that Ivan opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, Yanayev hurriedly quickened his voice and continued to analyze: "Although the enemy carries German-made firearms, many of the current equipment of our division are captured from the Germans, so it will not arouse the suspicion of others in this regard. As for why they were able to easily eliminate so many of our commanders and fighters in the trenches, on the one hand, it had something to do with the military uniforms on their bodies. Their fighters came out of their hiding place and saw a group of people in the same uniform rushing over, and they must have wanted to ask what happened first, it was because of this short hesitation that they sacrificed their lives in vain, and on the other hand, these Germans and the special unit under the division commander are probably the same, the second lieutenant just now already knew that it was the Germans, but after a while of the firefight, they all sacrificed These Germans are very strong in combat, although there are not many people. ”

Regarding Yanayev's analysis, Ivan nodded in agreement: "Comrade division commander, the second lieutenant just now is also quite capable of fighting. The small detachment he led had wiped out at least hundreds of Germans in the early battles. But in just a minute or two, the entire squad was wiped out by the attacking enemy. You can see that these Germans are very strong."

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps not far away, followed by a sound of chirping and wah, and although Yanayev did not understand it, he also understood that the person who spoke was indeed German because he was German.

"What can I do?" When Ivan heard the Germans nearby, he became more and more flustered.

And Vasily, who had not spoken, turned pale, and after he and Yanayev looked at each other, then at Ivan, and finally made up his mind to stand up sharply and said decisively: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, you and the regiment commander stay here, and I will go and lure them away." With that, Vasily put down his sniper rifle and picked up a pistol.

Before Yanayev could express his opinion, Vasily rushed out with a gun. Immediately there was a gunshot outside, followed by a dense stream of gunfire, noisy shouts, and the sound of stumbling footsteps getting closer.

Judging by the footsteps coming from outside, there were quite a few German troops outside. When he heard a few footsteps running outside the cave and disappearing, Yanayev's heart was cold, and his heart was broken, could it be that the Germans found them hiding here? If they wanted to kill them, they didn't have to come in at all, they just threw a grenade into the hole, or shot a few bullets, and it was enough to go up to Yanayev and Ivan to meet Comrade Marx.

Yanayev and Ivan, both with their pistols in their hands, pointed at the mouth of the hole, and shot mercilessly whenever someone appeared in their field of vision.

Before anyone could appear at the entrance of the cave, they heard the German soldiers outside roaring, and then the sound of grenades exploding was heard outside. At the same time there was the sound of pistol fire, the dull sound of a human body falling to the ground outside the cave, followed by a few more shouts from the German soldiers, and then Yanayev and they heard a few footsteps leaving the cave and running away into the distance.

Hearing the departure of the enemy outside the cave, Yanayev's heart, which had been beating sharply, gradually returned to normal, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned his head to look at Ivan, and saw that he was not much better than Yanayev, he was lying there with his back against the wall and gasping for air. Seeing that Yanayev was looking at him, he smiled embarrassedly and said with a long breath: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, that grenade just now. It must have been thrown by Comrade Vasily. Thankfully, he had drawn the enemy elsewhere. Otherwise, we will be in danger. ”

He listened intently to the movement outside. Hearing the sound of gunfire and grenade explosions fading away, after taking two deep breaths, he proposed to Yanayev: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, while there is no enemy outside the cave, they should also hurry up and move." Seeing that Yanayev nodded in the same way, he immediately climbed out with his hands and feet.

Seeing him crawl out of the hole, Yanayev also wanted to climb out with him, but suddenly saw him crawling back in embarrassment. With a dejected face, he said, "Hell, there's another group of German soldiers outside." Through the light outside, Ivan saw the opponent's German military uniform and helmet.

Hearing him say this, Yanayev only had one idea!

When the group came to the outside of the cave, the footsteps stopped, and Ivan suddenly approached Yanaev's ear and said in a low but resolute voice: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, it seems that the enemy has discovered this hole, and maybe the next moment they will rush in, or throw grenades or fire with submachine guns." Let me take the risk and rush out, kill a few German soldiers, and lure the rest somewhere else, so you can get out safely. ”

"No, no!" Yanayev decisively put a stop to Ivan's ridiculous idea, and even if he succeeded in rushing out, he would not necessarily be able to lure the enemy away. Yanayev said calmly: "Lieutenant Colonel Ivan, don't take such a risk, maybe you will be killed by the enemy's indiscriminate shooting before you can shoot when you rush out." Now we can only gamble on our luck or not, to see if we are discovered by the enemy first or rescued by ourselves. ”

After saying this, Yanayev really hesitated in his heart, is it really just sitting here and waiting to be taken prisoner by the Germans? As if he had read through Yanayev's thoughts, Ivan whispered again: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, are you willing to stay here as a prisoner?" ”

Originally, Yanayev was afraid that he would talk too much and be heard by the Germans outside the cave, so he no longer wanted to speak, but he didn't expect to hear Ivan say this, Yanayev was suddenly confused, and Yanayev said in despair: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what do you think?" Do you have any good advice other than rushing out and letting the enemy beat us all into a honeycomb? ”

Ivan shook his head and said no more, and the cave fell silent.

"Is this from your battalion?" Suddenly, a man's voice came from outside.

A moment later a man replied, "No, it's very raw, it's definitely not from our battalion." ”

"Confirm again." The man continued.

"I can answer you with certainty, definitely not my subordinates." The man's tone replied firmly: "I Nayev can almost name the commanders and fighters in the battalion, and this person is certainly not my subordinate. ”

"What the hell are the two of them talking about, and why are they speaking in Russian now?" Yanayev thought puzzled, suddenly, Yanayev spoke Russian, that is his own person!

For the first moment, Yanayev almost climbed out desperately, but then it occurred to Yanayev that he had just heard someone speaking German outside, and these Russian-speaking people who were mixed with the Germans. Who is it?

Yanayev gently touched Ivan with his shoulder. Asked him in a low voice: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Do you hear people outside, just communicating in Russian? ”

Ivan did not answer Yanayev's question, but stared blankly outside, and then Yanayev heard his breathing become rapid. Just when Yanayev couldn't figure out the situation, he suddenly said loudly: "It's Yamin, it's Yamin's commissar!" Then he jumped to his feet, and because the roof of the cave was so low, his head in his big-brimmed hat slammed into the top. It hurt so much that he had to bend over. Yanayev just wanted to ask him if he was injured, but he held his hand against the wall and shouted loudly outside: "Hey, is it Commissar Yamin outside?" ”