In the cold, the Guards on the train, who had planned to continue to sweat, had to endure three hours of cold freight wagons and canvas shelves of flatbed cars. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, it is the duty of a soldier to carry out the order when he receives it, and besides, the original order is to assemble in Panevez and then make arrangements, which belongs to the battle reserve, and it makes no difference to the soldiers where they go.

Later last year, the 94th Regiment took part in the counter-assault in the Taurague area, and the first sortie of the 37th Battalion of the Separate Rocket Artillery Corps destroyed a German infantry battalion stationed in the area with a battalion-sized salvo! In the follow-up operations, the regiment successfully completed the tasks assigned by its superiors, so it was awarded the title of "Guards".

Amid the sparse snow and the occasional white steam rising from the front of the locomotive, the freight platform was busy in the twilight. The train behind would arrive in 12 minutes, and although there was a free railway, the train on Tereshenok had to leave the train in 8 minutes due to the length of the platform, and the train next to it would not be able to replenish the food and boiler water.

The original plan was to arrange for the rocket artillerymen on the first train to have dinner after unloading their equipment, and the later train to eat first and then unload, but this would be because the plan could not keep up with the changes. Fortunately, the station's military management committee had already prepared: a man in a warrant officer uniform was loudly directing dozens of "cooks" under his command to push a small flatbed cart with steaming vats to the doors of each carriage.

"Boys, 7 minutes to go! Hand over the lunch box! "There were two people in a small cart, and the cooks were either elderly men or women, and they were shouting loudly before they reached the entrance of the carriage: In addition to the emergency military rations they had on the train, the meals along the way were generally solved by the stops.

As usual, when the train first entered the station, you could see a long row of "food carts" waiting on the platform, and the soldiers got off the train and lined up to eat, and everything was in order.

But this time the order came in a hurry, and there were not many trains passing through the Panevez railway station, because this time here was like a half "terminal", and the reception preparations at the station were limited, and it was not possible to "be fully prepared and eat as you go." ”。 For this reason, the reception team worked overtime to prepare these dozens of large buckets of potato stew beef soup, and those "big lieba" didn't have time to cut it at all, so they let the soldiers do it themselves in the car, anyway, they were indispensable with knives.

The door of the carriage door that was opened for a while was busy, and the collision sound of the stainless steel lunch box sounded from time to time, and the "jingling" sounded into a piece, which was very lively; "One more, comrade women." Nor did the words of the kind.

The stuffy tank carriages are "not worthy of the name", most of them have two small "shutters", and the small stove installed in the zero hour has limited energy, so it is basically frozen inside. Coupled with this time, the soldiers who smelled the aroma were eager to drink a large pot of hot soup immediately.

Without receiving an order, the soldiers in the carriage were not allowed to get off the train, this is iron discipline, so that only the people on the platform can feed the soldiers. The "cooks" were all transferred, but they were super fast: two spoons per lunch box, ignoring the requests for more: no need for the cooks to talk nonsense, those big stomachs would soon be stuffed back for the others.

The army, as long as the order to "open the meal" is issued, the speed of the meal has always been very particular: one word, fast! Of course, it doesn't count until the squad leader gives an order in peacetime.

It's only 7 minutes, and it's about efficiency!

Several large leba were thrown into the cart like bricks, and the warriors above caught them skillfully, like plasterers. The same is true for the flatbed trucks with people in the back. The work of dividing the dinner was done very quickly, and the people who came to help on the platform brought large buckets of hot water, and quickly filled the kettles handed down by the soldiers with funnels.

But even though time was running out, there was already a shrill whistle and whistle in the direction of the front of the train: the train was already moving by the time the cooks put the last few kettles on board like large grenades.

A few soldiers who were still at the door of the carriage waved to the people passing by on the platform, and I don't know who shouted: "It tastes good, comrades cooks!" ”

Several of the women comrades who had come to help also waved goodbye to the soldiers, but more buried themselves in counting the remaining food, and the warrant officer ran before and after the count, because soon there would be another "serving battle" like the one just now.

Tereschenok was discussing with his chief of staff, Major Golodov, in the command car of the last section, and the order he had just received clearly contained a strong atmosphere of battle.

"On the map, Shven Jonis is only forty kilometres from Nemenčine, but the railway bridge over the Nereis River from this railway line has long been blown up, with hilly terrain on the left flank and the occupied area on the opposite side of the river. Judging from the war reports, some time ago the 1st NKVD Division fought very brutally with the Germans in the "small land" north of Nemenchne, and I think we will be transferred there. ”

Chief of Staff Golodov, who was two years older than the regiment commander, belonged to the second service, and was originally the deputy battalion commander of the motor transport regiment. After retiring from the army in 37, he was arranged to serve as the director of the factory dispatch room at the "Comintern" plant in Voronezh, and after the second call-up, he was directly placed in the rocket artillery unit, and only this year he was the chief of staff of the 94 regiment, because the previous chief of staff died, and there was not enough experienced commanders.

The comrades liked this chief of staff very much, and even felt that he was a bit of an "old treacherous and cunning", experienced and calm. And he had an advantage: although he was not a technician at the factory, he was the first among the officers and men of the 94th Regiment to come into contact with rocket artillery - the M-13 rocket launcher was made at the "Comintern" factory in Voronezh.

Tereshenok made a circle on the map and drew it on Nemenchone, "It's going to be a tough battle, and the river around here should be out of tanks right now." ”

"As long as the fire is strong enough, a single assault can drive the Germans into the Nereis River to feed the fish. It's just that there is less ammunition, just five bases, and I don't know how to supplement us from above. ”

"We don't have to worry about it, the others will take it into account. Besides, as far as Nemenchine is concerned, it would be good if we could have three regimental salvos, otherwise there would be no need to fight this tough battle. ”

Both commanders are now basically certain that what awaits them is an offensive campaign, and the target is Nemenchine! And Tereshenok was not worried about the limited ammunition: Golodov had never seen a position destroyed by a salvo of rocket artillery above the battalion level, and in the terrain of the inner menchne, which was basically a plain, that is, his 36 rocket artillery pieces were not destroyed by the counterattack artillery fire of the other side, and a salvo of the whole regiment could blow up half of the small city!

In the case of shelling positions outside the city, one salvo can open a large gap for a mechanized infantry regiment, and five ammunition bases are enough.

"As long as the transport line on the Nereis River is cut off, the troops will be able to catch their breath."

Ice-free water can be navigated by boat, and a river with solid ice is a direct transportation channel, but what if the ice breaks and flows slightly? You can't even get past a mouse!

"I'll go to the front and see how the troops are doing." The train slowly accelerated to the rhythmic crash, and Golodov stepped out of the carriage with his commanders and stepped forward to check the troops and equipment again.

Crossing the junction is the flatbed, which has two locomotives, and there are 24 flatbed trucks loaded with БМ-13 rocket launchers alone, each flatbed carrying one rocket launcher, and another 11 flatbed trucks carrying ammunition transporters and logistics vehicles, as well as a lot of supplies. 8 stuffy tankers were at the front, and inside were all troops. The column at the back was about the same length, but only 12 БМ-13s were loaded, and most of the rest were auxiliary equipment and personnel.

The БМ-13s on this train are the latest models, and the chassis is a GMC 6X6 truck from the United States, which was equipped during the reorganization of the troops to supplement the battle damage. The rocket artillery chassis on the train behind was a Soviet-made ЗИС-6 truck, which was originally old equipment. According to the actual use of the soldiers, the off-road performance of the American-made truck is slightly better, and the driving is relatively easy.

36 rocket launchers, this is the home of the entire regiment, plus more other equipment in the thousand-ton meter, moving is a huge project. There are slight differences in the rocket artillery models in the regiment, but in terms of the performance of the rocket artillery alone, the two sub-models of the БМ-13 are exactly the same, there is no difference above the chassis, and there is no effect on the tactical firepower.

"Hello Comrade Chief of Staff." Crossing a couple of unoccupied flatbed cars, the fighters, who were sheltering from the wind in a canvas shed, greeted Golodov.

Seeing that the fighters were hurrying to eat, Golodov motioned to continue, and he continued to check the situation forward.

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The rear defense troops were deploying troops and were assembling in the direction north of Neimenchine, and Lin Jun was a little unhappy when he was less than an hour away from making the idea of launching the campaign, because he was being shelled!

Since leaving Minsk, I have almost forgotten the taste of bombing: the Germans have launched another attack on the Soviet positions centered on the high ground where Lin Jun is located!

"Did the Germans eat too many onions and attack in the evening?!" Dirt kept falling from his head, Lin Jun dusted the soil on his shoulders and said loudly to the people on the side.

"Marshal, I think they have no other way, they have used all the tricks, try their luck at another time!" Fekochinov replied from the side.

"Leave me alone, you go and command the troops." Through the observation cracks, large chunks of dirt and snow could be seen blown away by the shells, and clouds of black-brown smoke could be seen rising. From a distance, it is not very clear, but you can only see a faint tank moving like a small iron box.

Comrade Major General kept giving orders to a bunch of heralds around him, while several staff officers grabbed the telephone and shouted: There is a telephone line that cannot be connected, and it is normal under such artillery preparations.

"150mm heavy grenade!" Lin Jun felt that the three-layer reinforced top cover made of dirt and logs on his head was shaking violently, and it was obvious that a large-caliber shell had exploded not far away. Just saw Vatutin's indifferent look, "Nikolai Fedorovich, how do you feel?" ”

Comrade Admiral still laughed and "hehe", "Compared with the marshal in Minsk, this is a little meaning!" ”

Now it is impossible to leave the front line, so I can only wait honestly: it seems that the attack is fierce, but there are still two mechanized infantry battalions in the position here, and the Germans' attack is estimated to be in vain. (To be continued.) )