Red Moscow

  Chapter 50 Reorganization

  In the next two days, another five guerrillas arrived one after another. There are hundreds of guerrillas in large groups, and only a dozen in small groups. But they all have one thing in common, that is, when the captain reported to Lin Hua, they all had a bitter face, as if Lin Hua had not paid back the money they owed them.

   When Savyev came here on the first day, he had the same look in front of Lin Hua. Later, when Lin Hua asked him, he found out that the guerrillas had received an order from the 16th Army to attack and harass the enemy retreating to the Volokramsk area. Unexpectedly, when the troops were searching for the whereabouts of the fleeing enemy, their superiors issued a new order to cooperate with the Istria Company to collect the materials discarded by the Germans on the road. How could the guerrilla captains be happy when they learned that their superiors asked themselves to be porters.

   Knowing what the guerrilla leaders were thinking, Lin Hua had a corresponding solution. He found that all the guerrillas had poor equipment, so after the guerrilla leaders reported to him, he announced the replacement of German equipment for them. Through this move, he immediately gained the approval of the guerrilla captains, and the orders he issued could be smoothly conveyed to every guerrilla.

  In the process of collecting supplies led by Lin Hua, some troops drove along the road towards Volokramsk one after another. Seeing the troops heading to the front, Yakup said enviously: "Comrade Lieutenant, we have been here for three or four days. I wonder when the superiors will send us there?"

   "Don't worry, Comrade Captain." Lin Hua turned his head to look at Yakup, and said with a smile: "Our battle with the Germans will not be over in a hurry. The superior will send us to the front line sooner or later."

Savyev, who was passing by here, happened to hear the conversation between Lin Hua and Yakup, so he came over and asked Lin Hua curiously: "Comrade Lieutenant, if I understand correctly, what do you mean by the war between the Germans and us?" , will it continue for a long time?"

"That's right, that's right." Lin Hua nodded and replied, "Since the day before yesterday, troops have been passing through us one after another, rushing towards Volokramsk. But until today, we still haven't heard The news of the occupation of the city proves that the resistance of the Germans is very tenacious, and the offensive launched by our army has not achieved any desired results for the time being..."

If it was at the beginning of the war, if Lin Hua said these words to Savyev, he might have attracted rebuttals from the other party, and would even be said to be a defeatist argument. He dared to think that the enemy's strength is stronger than our army, etc. . However, after more than half a year of arduous and outstanding fighting, the Soviet military and civilians have truly realized the strength of the German army, and learned to use the correct attitude to analyze and understand the real strength between the enemy and ourselves.

  That afternoon, when another large number of troops passed through the area where the Istria chain was working, a jeep stopped on the side of the road, and a general came out of the car. After getting out of the car, he asked the soldiers who were busy by the roadside: "Comrade soldiers, where is your commander?"

Seeing that a general was asking him a question, the soldier quickly straightened his body, looked around for a while, pointed to Lin Hua who was talking to Yakup not far away, and said, "Comrade general, our commander Lieutenant Sokov is there!" After thanking the soldiers, the general walked towards Lin Hua and the others with two guards.

  Lin Hua was discussing with Yakup about building a new storage point for materials, when he heard someone approaching from behind, he turned his head and looked. Seeing a general walking towards him with two soldiers, Lin Hua quickly turned around and ran forward, saluting the general: "Hello, Comrade General, I am Lieutenant Sokov, the commander of Istria Company. What instructions!"

"Hello, Lieutenant Sokov." The general stretched out his hand to Lin Hua, and at the same time reported himself, "I am Major General Kazakov, the artillery commander of the Army Group! I am here today to convey a message from my superiors." Order."

   "Please give the order, Comrade General." Lin Hua said respectfully.

"Comrade Commander ordered that all guerrillas be merged into the Istria company immediately to form a reinforced company. After the reorganization is completed, immediately rush to Volokramsk to participate in the battle." Kazakov conveyed succinctly After receiving Rokossovsky's order, he asked, "Comrade Lieutenant, do you understand everything?"

   "Understood, Comrade General." Lin Hua nodded, and then asked: "But Comrade General, our company is carrying out the task of collecting supplies. Once we leave, who will manage these supplies?"

"Isn't there an automatic sled company?" Kazakov raised his chin towards Yakup standing behind Lin Hua, and said, "You can leave the supplies to them. If I guess correctly, the superiors will Comrades from the logistics force will be sent soon to take over this batch of supplies."

Lin Hua turned his head and glanced at Yakup who was standing behind him. Yakup quickly took two steps forward and stood side by side with Lin Hua, and replied, "Comrade General, I will obey your order and take good care of the collected supplies. .”

  After listening to Yakup's report, Kazakov nodded, looked at Lin Hua and asked, "Lieutenant Sokov, what technical equipment have you collected?"

"We have collected 126 artillery pieces of various calibers, as well as supporting ammunition." Lin Hua thought that Kazakov was the artillery commander. Since he asked this question, he must want to know how many artillery pieces he had collected, so he was reporting the number At the time, the artillery was mentioned first, followed by other supplies: "31 tanks, 263 trucks..."

Although Kazakov had been mentally prepared for the massive amount of weapons and equipment collected by Lin Hua and the others before coming here, he was still shocked after hearing the number Lin Hua said: "My God, there are With so much technical equipment, even if it is used to arm a division, it is more than enough."

   After reporting to Kazakov, Lin Hua paused for a moment, and then asked him for instructions: "Comrade General, allow me to gather troops? We must complete the reorganization as soon as possible, and then go to the battlefield."

   "Go, Comrade Lieutenant." Kazakov nodded at Lin Hua and said with a smile, "Good luck!"

  Lin Hua returned to the company, and after gathering everyone together, he reorganized the troops according to his own ideas. The organizational system of the first platoon remained the same, with Second Lieutenant Vanya as the platoon leader, and at the same time forty soldiers were added to him; the second and third platoons merged to form the new second platoon, and twenty more soldiers were added. Lieutenant Lieutenant Sergeant served as platoon leader; Savyev's guerrillas were reorganized into a new third platoon, with Savyev as platoon leader, and his political commissar Stepan as deputy platoon leader; the former third platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Vasily, served as the new The engineer platoon leader was formed, with 30 soldiers under him; in addition, a machine gun platoon was newly formed, equipped with eighteen German MG34 general-purpose machine guns, and Lin Hua temporarily assumed the position of platoon leader.

   After completing the reorganization task, Lin Hua led the team along the highway towards Volokramsk City.

  (end of this chapter)