Khrushchev said to the adjutant: "Sam, go and call the commander of that small unit!" And after a while, a commander with a cotton hat came here with an assault rifle on his back, and the commander looked at Andrei and said loudly: "Report to Comrade General, Major Sergei of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports to you, I was ordered to lead a company of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to report and ask for your instructions." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Andrei carefully looked at this Sergei, he was not very tall, but he was very strong and sharp-eyed, and his demeanor was very professional soldier, he was indeed a soldier, so Andrei said: "Major Seryosha, this is Comrade Khrushchev, the military commissar of the Front, Comrade Khrushchev will arrange a ferry for you to cross the river today, and then your mission base camp will inform you?" ”

Sergei replied: "Report to Comrade General, according to the order of the superiors, after we come here, everything will be under your command, so please instruct you on the next move." ”

Andrei nodded and said: "Okay, Major Sergei, today you cross the river first, I will inform you of the specific tasks in the evening, you go down and rest first." ”

"Yes." Sergei simply turned around and left, and Andrei looked at Khrushchev and said: "I hope you will bother with the matter of the ferry." Khrushchev nodded and said: "Comrade Yakov, this is a trivial matter. Then he turned to the adjutant and shouted, "Sam, go and make arrangements." After the adjutant was ordered to leave, the staff officer sent to meet the newly formed division ran over, and he also brought back two commanders, and the staff officer said: "Report to Comrade Military Commissar, the vanguard regiment of the new division has arrived, and this is the head and political commissar of the vanguard regiment. The regiment commander, who had the rank of lieutenant colonel, saluted and reported: "Report to Comrade Military Commissar, Sergei, the head of the vanguard regiment of the newly formed 1st Division, reports to you. And the political work cadres with the rank of battalion-level political commissar also reported: "Report to Comrade Military Commissar, Ya Ming, political commissar of the newly formed 1st Division, reports to you. ”

After the two sat down opposite Khrushchev, Khrushchev looked at the two and asked, "How many people are in your regiment?" ”

Seryosha hurriedly stood up and replied: "Report to Comrade Military Commissar, our regiment has 3,000 people, because after entering the city, all the commanders and fighters will be scattered and supplemented by other units, so the structure of our regiment is not too finely divided, only the regiment and battalion levels, and each of our battalion commanders is served by those commanders with rich combat experience. ”

Yameen also stood up and asked Khrushchev: "Comrade Military Commissar, I don't know when to arrange for our regiment to cross the river?" ”

"Crossing the river?!" When Khrushchev heard him ask, he looked up at him in surprise, waved his hand, and said: "Now that the situation has changed, your regiment will not cross the river during the day for the time being." ”

"What? Don't cross the river anymore? After hearing this, Seryosha and Yamin looked at each other, and Seryosha asked in confusion: "Why did you suddenly not cross the river?" ”

The expression on Khrushchev's face became stern, he raised his hands and pressed downward, and after the two of them sat down, he said unhurriedly: "Due to the frantic attack of the enemy, the situation in the city is very bad, and all the troop formations have been disrupted. In this case, if we rush to send recruits who do not have any combat effectiveness into the city, it will not do much at all except send them to death, and during the day the German air force often bombs our convoys, so now we will not cross the river first, and then organize troops to cross the river at night. ”

"So who are we going to lead?" When Seryosha asked this, his eyes unconsciously turned to Andrey and them. It seems strange that there are still two commanders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the tent.

Khrushchev pointed his hand at Andrei and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I forgot to introduce you, this is Major General Yakov, the commander of the Siberian Volunteer Division." You and your men will be under his command from now on. This was the commander of his guard company, Captain Yushchenko. ”

Knowing that this major general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was their new leader, the two of them were involuntarily stunned at first, but soon came to their senses, raised their hands and saluted me, and said politely: "Hello, general, not Comrade Comrade Hero of the Soviet Union. At the moment of the report, the two noticed the medal of gold on Andrei's chest, and saw the two salute themselves, and Andrei returned the salute to them. Then he turned his head and asked Khrushchev: "Comrade Military Commissar, since this is the case, then I will first receive the troops, get ready, and cross the river with them at night!" ”

Khrushchev nodded and said: "Okay, Comrade Yakov, the rest will be left to you." ”

Get out of the tent. Andrei saw that in the open space outside, twenty phalanxes were neatly arranged. Then he said to Lieutenant Colonel Seryosha beside him: "Comrade Regiment Commander, are these your subordinates?" ”

Seryosha nodded vigorously and said affirmatively: "Yes, Comrade General, they are all soldiers of our regiment. ”

Andrei stood still, curiously looking at the soldiers in the queue in brand-new military coats and boat-shaped caps. Most of them had a tiredness on their faces that could not be concealed, and the faces of Central Asians could be clearly seen on their faces.

So Andrei asked: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, are these fighters recruited from Central Asia?" ”

Seryosha replied: "Yes, Comrade Hero of the Soviet Union, these fighters were recruited from collective farms in Kazakhstan and underwent three months of basic training. ”

Andrei then thought of a question. He asked: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, how is the level of Russian language of these fighters?" Will they be able to communicate fully with the other commanders? ”

Hearing this question, Seryosha hesitated for a while, and then replied honestly: "There is a difficulty in reporting, because many fighters have an accent in Russian, and there will be certain obstacles to communication with other commanders and fighters, but each of our battalions is equipped with commanders who are proficient in the national language and Russian, so they can communicate at that time without affecting the battle." ”

At this time, Andrei had a little headache, but he remembered that there were also commanders from Central Asia in his troops, and their Russian proficiency was still very good, so the impact was not so great, so he handed over these Kazakh fighters to their command.

After thinking about it, Andrei asked Seryosha to gather his troops and hide near the pier first, and at the same time let the commanders and fighters who had traveled a long distance take a rest first, and when they came to the nearby concealment, they knew that they could rest, and the soldiers spread blankets on the ground and fell asleep, and Andrei and Seryosha came to the intersection after arranging their duties, waiting for the follow-up troops of the new division to arrive.

Andrei asked Seryosha about the fighting skills of these fighters, and Seryosha said: "Comrades of the Heroes of the Soviet Union, most of them are from Kazakh collective farms, they are good at farm work, and they often have to volunteer to work at various water conservancy projects. For example, digging fortifications is just a trivial matter for them, and as for other aspects, they are really pure recruits, and there is definitely no comparison with the soldiers in the current army. ”

Andrei also understood that they were recruits and only had three months of training, so they were simply a bunch of recruits, so they could only be scattered to various units and learn to fight under the leadership of veterans. (To be continued.) )