Red Moscow

  Chapter 30 Difficult task

  When Ivan walked into the regiment command post with three company commanders, the commander Batrakov had just finished making a phone call. Seeing Ivan and the others enter the door, he immediately greeted them with a smile, and said, "Major Ivan, I would like to congratulate you on the great results your battalion has achieved in today's battle."

After finishing speaking, he shook hands with Ivan and others one by one, and kept saying: "Thank you, thank you for your contribution to defending the motherland." When he shook hands with Lin Hua, he still used the empty He patted Lin Hua's arm twice with his left hand, and said approvingly, "Misha, you are doing well. I saw clearly what you did on the battlefield just now."

  Seeing that the tattered army coat on Lin Hua's body was stained with blood, he couldn't help asking worriedly, "Misha, are you injured?"

  Lin Hua grinned, shook his head and said, "Comrade report commander, I am not injured, these bloodstains belong to the Germans."

  After Lin Hua finished speaking, Batrakov turned his head and looked around the room, and then called a staff officer: "Comrade Lieutenant, do you have any extra military coats?"

The staff officer nodded quickly when he heard Batrakov's question, and replied: "Yes, Comrade Commander, I still have a spare military coat." He knew the purpose of Batrakov's question in his heart, Quickly glanced at Lin Hua at the side, and added, "His height is about the same as mine, and he should fit him well."

   "Since this is the case, what are you still standing here for?" Batrakov smiled and said to the staff officer: "Hurry up and get your military coat and change it for Lieutenant Sokov."

After the staff officer left, Batrakov put his hands on Lin Hua's shoulders, led him towards the wooden table with the map, and said, "Misha, let me explain to you the next battle Task."

When Lin Hua was standing in front of the table, he couldn't help but glanced at Ivan worriedly, and thought in his heart: "Is there any new combat mission, Batlakov should tell the battalion commander, what if he called me over?" What happened. Major Ivan won’t be angry, right?” But he didn’t see the slightest expression of displeasure on the faces of Ivan and the other two company commanders, and he seemed to feel that Batrakov’s direct order to him was a A matter of course.

"Misha, where are you looking?" Seeing Lin Hua's absent-minded look, Batrakov knocked on the table a few times and said displeasedly, "I'm talking to you, you stared at What is your battalion commander looking at?" Seeing that Batrakov was upset, Lin Hua quickly focused on the map in front of him, and listened to the task assigned to him by the other party.

"This is the Istria Reservoir. It not only provides clean drinking water for Moscow, but also provides electricity for half of the city's factory areas and residential areas." Batrakov pointed to a location on the map, Said to Lin Hua: "I just received a call from the division headquarters, saying that the enemy may blow up the dam if they cannot stop our army's attack. And you, Lieutenant Sokov, your task is to take your people , to prevent the sabotage of the Germans and to preserve the reservoir intact."

"Stop the enemy's destructive actions?!" Lin Hua couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and thought to himself: "I can't let me take twenty soldiers to attack the heavily guarded reservoir by the German army? Do that , and what is the difference between death."

In order to let Lin Hua understand the importance of this mission, Batrakov also specially emphasized: "At the end of November, when the main force of the 16th Army retreated towards Moscow, the German army had already begun to step on the thick water on the Istria Reservoir. Ice, took a shortcut to catch up. At the critical moment, Commander Rokossovsky decisively ordered the 9th Guards Division in the rear. Opened the gate of the reservoir. The three-meter-high water flow along the Istria Valley It surged down for hundreds of kilometers. Due to the sharp drop in the water level of the reservoir, the ice layer above collapsed rapidly, forcing the Germans to stop their advance and delaying their fighter planes for several days. Our army took advantage of this precious time, occupying a new favorable position."

"I understand, Comrade Commander." From Batrakov's narration, Lin Hua understood what the consequences would be if the dam was blown up by the Germans, so he waited for the other party to finish speaking, and immediately added : "If the German army blows up the dam, the rushing water can block the way of our army and enable the enemy to successfully escape from the battlefield."

"Yes, you understand correctly." Batrakov nodded, and continued: "It seems that the superior's decision to let you complete this task is very correct. By the way, how many people do you have? "

  Lin Hua replied with a mournful face, "There are twenty-five people who can still fight, including the wounded."

"Only twenty-five people left?!" Hearing that there were only so few people left in the third company, Batrakov frowned slightly, and then said: "Although there are a little fewer people, your mission this time is only A sneak attack, not a strong attack, should have enough troops." Speaking of this, he pointed to the map and said, "You can even walk through the forest from here and walk about three kilometers to reach the vicinity of the dam. You have to find a way to find where the Germans planted explosives to prevent their destruction of the dam."

  Lin Hua quickly straightened his back and replied loudly: "Please rest assured, the leader, we promise to complete the task!"

   Regarding Lin Hua's answer, Batrakov nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "If your company successfully completes this task, I will definitely report to the superior and reward every cadre and soldier."

   "Comrade Commander," Batrakov had just finished explaining the task to Lin Hua, when he heard the staff officer who had just left report to himself: "I brought the military coat."

Batrakov took the military overcoat that had only been worn once or twice from the staff officer's hand, handed it to Lin Hua, and said at the same time: "Misha, you can't wear any clothes on your body anymore, quickly change into this one." Bar,"

After Lin Hua changed into the staff officer's overcoat, Batrakov walked around him twice, looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "Only wearing this suit makes you look like a real company commander." " He paused for a moment, then added, "I have arranged for you two scouts to be your guides, and they are waiting for you outside. The forest is full of knee-high snow, and the roads are not easy to walk. , you should hurry up and leave."

   Lin Hua quickly agreed, first raised his hand to salute Batrakov, then saluted Ivan who was standing aside, then turned around and strode out of the regiment command post, ready to carry out this arduous task.

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