Chapter 38: take a break

  Chapter 38 Rest

  Lin Hua followed the sergeant to the dam and found that the bodies of officers and soldiers from both the Soviet and German positions had been packed away. Teams of soldiers walked back and forth on the dam, and several communications soldiers were nervously laying telephone lines.

  The sergeant brought Lin Hua to a small house, and said to the sentinel on duty at the door: "Please go in and tell the battalion commander that the search squad has brought back a lieutenant from a friendly army."

  The sentinel glanced at the sergeant, and then said: "Comrade sergeant, the battalion commander is not free. He is reporting to the regimental commander. But he has just explained that as soon as you come back, go in and see him."

  Lin Hua followed the sergeant into the room. As soon as he entered the door, he saw three commanders standing by the wall with their backs to the door, looking up at a huge military map hanging on the wall.

  Hearing footsteps, a commander wearing a captain's rank on his collar badge turned around and looked towards the door. After seeing clearly that it was the sergeant he excluded and a strange German officer, he asked, "Sergeant, is this the commander of the friendly army?"

After getting a positive answer from the sergeant, the captain walked up to Lin Hua, held out his hand to him, and said friendlyly: "I am Captain Chakov, the battalion commander. If I guessed correctly, you are the commander of the Fifth Guards Division." Lieutenant Cove."

  Seeing that the other party had guessed his identity, Lin Hua couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face. But he did not forget the basic etiquette. After raising his hand to salute, he held the battalion commander's hand and said respectfully, "Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander, I am Sokov."

The other two commanders with their backs to the door also turned around. One of the commanders wearing the rank of colonel looked Lin Hua from head to toe and nodded with a smile: "Comrade lieutenant, you Do you know? Your name is very famous in the 16th Group Army today!"

  Lin Hua looked at the colonel blankly, thinking to himself: What does he mean by saying this? Is it a joke? But judging from the expression on his face, it doesn't look like it. What exactly is going on?

Seeing Lin Hua standing at the door like a goose, the colonel came over and extended his hand to Lin Hua, and said with a smile on his face, "Lieutenant Sokov, I am Bantai Leyer, commander of the 248th regiment. Colonel Fu, before coming here, I received a call from General Mironov, the commander of the 5th Guards Division, and he asked me to help find your whereabouts."

When the colonel shook hands with Lin Hua, he turned to Chakov and another commander and said, "On the way here, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to help the general. I didn't expect my luck to be so high. Lieutenant Sokov is here." His words immediately aroused the laughter of the other two commanders.

  After letting go of the colonel's hand, Lin Hua asked cautiously: "Comrade colonel, you have confused me, can I ask, what's going on?"

"It seems that you don't know anything yet." The colonel explained to him when he heard Lin Hua say this: "Because you successfully smashed the German army's plot to blow up the dam, our troops were able to pass through ISIL smoothly. Tra River, continue to pursue the fleeing German army. In view of your contribution, the Army Command has decided to award you the Order of Lenin."

  For Lin Hua, the Order of Lenin is just a name, because after he heard it, the expression on his face did not change. But Chakov and another commander were shocked when they heard this. They knew very well that the Order of Lenin represented the highest honor, so they all looked at Lin Hua with envy.

  But Lin Hua didn't notice Chakov's expression, but looked at Bantai Layev and asked: "Comrade Colonel, can you tell me where the Fifth Guards Division is now?"

   "Chief of Staff," Bantai Layev turned to another commander and said, "Please bring the map."

  Lin Hua carefully looked at the other party's collar badge, and found that it was the rank of captain. It seems that he should be the chief of staff of the battalion. After hearing the order, the battalion chief of staff picked up a map on the table and handed it to Pantai Layev.

After Bantai Layev took the map, he looked at it for a while, then pointed to it and said to Lin Hua: "Lieutenant Sokov, General Mironov told me on the phone that once we find you, we will let you Rush to the city of Istria to receive new combat missions."

  Accepting a new combat mission, Lin Hua couldn't help but wryly smiled when he heard what Bantai Layev said. He secretly said that there were only two squads left in his company, what kind of combat missions could he carry out?

  But in front of Pantai Layev, he must not complain, straightened his back quickly, and asked in compliance with the regulations: "Comrade Colonel, are you allowed to leave? I need to take the troops to the designated assembly point immediately."

"Don't worry, Comrade Lieutenant." Bantai Layev handed the map back to the chief of staff, and then continued to say to Lin Hua: "You stay here for now, and wait for the soldiers from your superiors to arrive and complete the replenishment , it’s not too late to leave.”

   "Supplementary soldiers?" Lin Hua thought he had heard it wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Comrade Colonel, did I hear correctly? You just said that the superior wants to give us additional soldiers?"

"That's right, the soldiers who will be replenished by the Army Group Command in person are probably already on their way." Seeing Lin Hua's astonished expression, Pantai Layev specifically explained: "You follow the sergeant towards the dam. When I came, I saw that there were only a dozen of you left, so I reported to the division headquarters. After the two division commanders negotiated and reported to the army headquarters, Chief of Staff Malinin informed me to let you here After completing the replenishment, we will rush to Istria City."

  Lin Hua left the command post and found his troops on the dam. Seeing Lin Hua coming back, Vanya immediately came over and asked, "Comrade company commander, what is the next task for our company?"

"Temporarily rest here, and wait for the arrival of our superior soldiers." After Lin Hua finished speaking, he called Andre over and told him, "Andre, you send a soldier to inform the soldiers who are staying at the outpost. Pavel and the others here, let them rush here immediately, and bring a few German prisoners along the way."

"Comrade company commander, what do you plan to do with those German prisoners?" Vanya waited for Andre to leave, then said thoughtfully to Lin Hua: "I think that corporal named Ernst is not bad. , if we can take him with us, it will definitely come in handy in the next battle."

Regarding Vanya's proposal, Lin Hua thought for a while, and finally nodded in agreement: "Okay, Comrade Second Lieutenant, I'm in charge of this matter. After Pavel and the others return, hand over the rest of the captives to the friendly army. Take Corporal Ernst and march with us."

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