But this new weapon can not catch up with the bloody battle of Stalingrad, in the night, the three regiments prepared together with the airborne division launched a counterattack, the tank brigade due to the problem of transport capacity only transported light tanks, so only 30 T70 tanks into the counterattack, each T-70 light tank has a 45 mm gun, the direction of fire range 360 degrees,. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info ammunition base of 91 rounds. The secondary armament is a 7.62 mm parallel machine gun with a load capacity of 945 rounds.

In order to increase the firepower of the counterattack, Andrei also threw 12 captured tank detachments of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 from the tank battalion into the counterattack, which were equipped with 50 mm and 75 mm guns with more firepower than the T70.

At the division headquarters, Andrei contacted Yanayev, who was in command at the front, and after the long-range artillery and rocket artillery strikes on the river bank at night, the Soviets immediately launched a coordinated counterattack, while the howitzer battalion was ready to provide fire support as soon as the front was called.

Listening to the sound of guns and artillery in the distance in the division headquarters, Andrei was also uneasy, although the German attack was frustrated, the strength was still strong, no one can say what kind of results this counterattack can have? Brezhnev, who was here, took out his cigarette and took a big gulp, and Anna, who came to serve tea next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Comrade Political Deputy Division Commander, you have already smoked a pack, you can't smoke like this!" At this time, I don't talk about what nicotine causes cancer, only that my throat and trachea are easy to inflame if I smoke more, even if I don't smoke, I can't stand the toss, Brezhnev smiled awkwardly and then put down the cigarette case, he couldn't suppress his anxiety at this time, this counterattack, his troops took out a lot of money, and if the loss was too heavy, he would be distressed, so he was very nervous and anxious now, but Andrei was the same, Andrei kept picking up the teacup and drinking water, and the phone rang, The staff officer on duty immediately went to pick it up, and as soon as he picked up the phone, the staff officer immediately shouted to Andrei: "Division commander, it's the phone number of Comrade Khrushchev, Military Commissar of the Front." Andrei hurriedly ran over, although the political commissar was canceled, but the military commissar of the front army is still in a high position, and many military commissars will also be secretaries of the state party committee in the future, so the rank of the central committee member can not be neglected, Andrei took the microphone and asked directly: "Comrade military commissar, what is the matter with you?" Khrushchev said: "Andrey, how is the counterattack going now?" Andrei said: "Now that the battle has just begun, we have not yet received a battle report from the front, Comrade Yanayev is now in command on the front line, and he will inform me immediately if there is a situation." ”

Khrushchev pondered for a while and asked: "This time, it seems that the Eastern Battalion is also involved anyway, right?" Andrei said: "Yes, after all, Captain Gusev's Eastern Battalion are veterans of the war, and they are still very effective compared to many recruits, and I have sent political cadres and officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs into the troops, you don't have to worry about their loyalty, they must be trustworthy." ”

And Khrushchev said: "I'm not worried about this problem, Andrey, I want to say that I don't care about casualties, but I hope that this Gusev must survive, and I believe that there will be more lost in the Eastern Battalion in the future." After hearing Khrushchev's words, Andrei understood, it turned out that Khrushchev was worried that once Gusev was killed, the Soviet Union would lack a propaganda benchmark, and Andrei immediately said: "Okay, Comrade Military Commissar, I will definitely convey your instructions as soon as possible." Khrushchev said: "Well, I'm sure you'll handle this matter well, by the way, today I heard that Captain Vasily, the deputy leader of your sniper team, killed a German colonel, and then the front will consider awarding him a medal." Andrei said excitedly: "Great, thank you for the care of the front army, we will definitely make new contributions in the future." ”

Ending the conversation with Khrushchev, Andrei and Brezhnev chatted about Vasily, Brezhnev said: "Andrei is your suggestion, some ace pilots and snipers of our army have been sent to the rear academies to be instructors, remember that a female sniper who killed 319 enemy soldiers Comrade Lyudmila became the principal of the sniper school after returning from a trip to the United States, do you think you can consider letting Comrade Vasily also be an instructor, now the Germans are doing everything possible to kill him!" ”

In fact, Andrei's suggestion was also inspired by the United States to recall ace pilots to be instructors in the rear, Germany is to have more aces in the end and eventually be consumed, the war is aimed at victory, or that sentence good fighters have no outstanding merits, that is, what if there is no super ace, I have 10 qualified reserve pilots to beat you, 1 ace, you can kill 5, 8 I have 2 left and 2 can kill you, snipers are the same reason, there are many excellent snipers in the Soviet Union, The sniper school in the rear has good students in Siberia, and some of the aces in the sniper are too famous, once they are killed, it is very demoralizing, so give the experience to the students to cultivate more aces, so now the Soviet Union has forced some ace snipers and pilots to be transferred back to the rear, so that a large number of rookies can learn, Brezhnev thinks that Vasily can also consider being an instructor if he goes smoothly after the Battle of Stalingrad, but Vasily himself may not be willing, In fact, there are not many aces who are willing to go to the rear, you must know that Lyudmila still reports every day after going to the rear, hoping to go to the front, but considering her reputation, once something happens, the morale of the Soviet army will have to be greatly affected!

The same Vasily is also full of fighting enthusiasm, what should I do?

Then Andrei said: "Ilyich, if you talk to Comrade Yanayev about Captain Gusev, we must ensure that he will not be sacrificed, you must know that he is an important part of our propaganda war!" "Okay, I'll get in touch right away." Brezhnev immediately turned around and went to the phone.

The two of them were preparing for battle outside the central railway station, while Vasily returned to the tunnel to rest, where the team brought him a bowl of soup made of horse meat, potatoes and beans, and a piece of horse meat in it!

Originally, as a sniper ace, Vasily's food standard was very good, biscuits and chocolates were supplied, once a week, but he always distributed them to others, but in order to ensure his nutrition, he still ate meat every day, of course, mainly canned food and sausages, the meat quality of horse meat is actually very bad, but for Vasily, the temptation of fresh meat is still great, after all, this is fresh meat!

Here, the observer said: "Comrade Captain, we actually killed a German colonel today, what a profit!" Vasily said, "Yes, this is the highest-ranking German soldier we have killed since we attacked." ”

And Vasily did not know that because this time he almost went to the rear, and after the night meal, they hurried to rest until they were woken up tomorrow.