When I walked into the wooden house as the regiment command center, I saw that the layout inside was particularly simple. Apart from the maps laid on the table, there was not even a telephone.

Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but frown and asked Lu Jin unhappily: "Comrade Captain, what's going on? Why is the command center so simple? There is no telephone at all. How can we contact the division headquarters?"

Lu Jin blushed and murmured: "Comrade Commander, our regiment lacks enough communication equipment. Not to mention important telephone calls, there are not even a few telephones left. In addition, the wide Don River is separated from the division headquarters, and the soldiers in the communication platoon cannot set up telephone lines at all..."

Before he could finish complaining, I interrupted him: "Comrade Captain, what you mean, in a sense, we have completely lost contact with our superiors."

Lu Jin nodded vigorously and replied, "I think this is the case, Comrade Commander."

"Since that's the case, let the troops rest in the village for a while. We will contact them after the division headquarters and other troops cross the river."

After hearing what I said, Lu Jin and Slaven were dissatisfied with each other. Lu Jin reminded me nervously: "Comrade Commander, this is not good. You must know that the order given to our regiment is to build fortifications on the left bank of the Don River, rather than to rest and recuperate."

I snorted softly and said disapprovingly: "Comrade Captain, although we are nominally a regiment, in fact, the total strength is only six or seven hundred, and most of them are new soldiers with insufficient training and lack of combat experience. Do you think we can build fortifications without the cooperation of friendly forces so that we can defend the wide left bank of the Don River?"

Lu Jin was speechless by me. He opened his mouth and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

I originally thought that if Lu Jin didn't speak, no one would speak, but I forgot that there was a newly appointed political commissar of the regiment in the house. Kokunov walked to me and said, "Comrade Commander, I think Comrade Captain is right. Since our task is to build fortifications on the left bank of the Don River, we should execute this order from our superiors without fail." Speaking of this, he turned his head and asked Lu Jin: "By the way, Comrade Captain, when I was on the road just now, I forgot to ask you what position you hold in the regiment?"

Lu Jin blushed and coughed. He hesitated: "Comrade Political Commissar, I used to be the deputy battalion commander, but now..."

"Captain Lu Jin is the chief of staff of the regiment." Before Lu Jin finished his words, I had already given him a new identity. The reason why I suddenly said this was because Lu Jin's identity was too embarrassing. As early as when I took over the 678th Regiment, Lu Jin was the highest-ranking commander among the surviving commanders. If I hadn't appeared, he would have been the leader of this regiment. After I took office, the division did not add one soldier or one deputy to me, but Lu Jin had been assisting me in my work. Since I have already taken the initiative to equip the political commissar in the regiment, then I will make a decision once and appoint a chief of staff of the regiment. It is not a big deal.

Kokunov smiled at Lujin and said, "It turns out to be the Chief of Staff. I think you said it rightly just now. Since the superior ordered us to build new fortifications, then go and execute it." Speaking of this, he turned his head and looked at me and asked, "What do you think? Comrade Commander."

He repeatedly emphasized this point of his superiors, and I really couldn't refute him, so I could only say with a hum and a haha: "Comrade Political Commissar. You are right. Since that's the case, Comrade Chief of Staff, leave the 7th Company to stay in the village. You take the Second Battalion to the near-pierce pier to dig a trench to prevent the enemy from landing from the pier." When I said this, I secretly regretted how I brought a political worker who loves to the regiment to the regiment. Isn't this self-discovery?

Kokunov was very happy to hear that I agreed to his proposal and took the initiative to propose: "Comrade Commander, I will go to complete the task of building defensive fortifications with the Chief of Staff of the regiment. By the way, you can also get familiar with the commanders and fighters in the regiment."

I waved my hand and said, "Go, get the fortifications ready to be repaired so that the soldiers can rest well. After a long battle and marching, they have become exhausted."

When the people in the room left one after another, I walked to the door of the bedroom, pushed open the door and looked inside, and saw a small bed with sheets beside the wall. I walked into the bedroom, closed the door with my backhand, and lay on the bed with my clothes.

Because I was too tired, I fell asleep unknowingly just after lying down. Because I was sleeping so well that someone knocked on the door outside the door and didn't hear me.

Maybe because I heard no one in the room respond, the person knocking outside was a little impatient, so I pushed the door and walked in, walked to the edge of the bed and shook my shoulder hard, and shouted loudly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, wake up! Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, wake up!"

I was awakened from my sleep, opened my eyes in a daze, and looked at the warrior standing in front of my bed with a blank look on his face. After a while, I saw clearly the military rank he was on the head, sat up suddenly, and said seriously with a stern face: "Is there anything wrong? Comrade Sergeant."

The soldier straightened his body, raised his hand to salute me, and said loudly: "Hello, comrade Lieutenant Colonel. I'm sorry for disturbing your sleep, but I was ordered to come to you."

"Whose orders are ordered?" When I said this, I felt extremely unhappy. I thought that the only person who could send someone to disturb me at this time was Kokunov. Lujin had been dealing with me for a long time. He definitely wouldn't send someone to come to me when I was resting, but the political commissar Kokunov couldn't explain it. I thought to myself, and asked unconsciously: "It was the political commissar Kokunov who sent you here, right?"

"Kokuknov?! Who is Kokunov? I don't know him!" the sergeant replied blankly.

"It's not Kokunov, who asked you to come?" I wanted to figure out which one in the group was so blind that he actually sent someone to disturb my dreams while I was sleeping.

"Report to Lieutenant Colonel Comrade, I am General Choikov's driver, and he asked me to call you. He is waiting for you in the jeep outside."

"It's the commander here!" When I heard Cui Kefu coming, I jumped out of the bed excitedly, grabbed the sergeant's shoulder, shook it hard and asked, "Is that true, sergeant comrade, General Cui Kefu is waiting for me at the door?"

"Yes, comrade Lieutenant Colonel." The sergeant replied with a smile.

"Let's go, Comrade Sergeant, don't let the commander wait in a hurry." After saying that, I couldn't wait to walk outside, thinking while walking, that since Cui Kov had crossed the Don River, there must be many troops coming with him. With these troops, the confidence to defend the left bank of the Don River is even greater.

Unexpectedly, when I walked out of the room and saw that there were only three jeeps outside, my heart suddenly became cold. I stopped and turned my head to ask the driver behind me: "Comrade Sergeant, are you here for these three cars?"

The sergeant nodded and said, "Yes, comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the main force of the army, is still fighting tenaciously against the enemy on the other side of the river. And we are preparing to go to Stalingrad with the commander."

As he was talking, the back door of the jeep in the middle was pushed open, and Cui Kefu exposed half of his body from inside and shouted at me: "Comrade Oshanina, come here."

I ran to him quickly, raised my hand to salute, and said with a smile: "Hello, Comrade Commander, I'm glad to see you here."

"Comrade Oshanina, immediately transfer the command of the regiment to your deputy, and then follow me to Stalingrad." At this point, Cui Kev suddenly remembered something, frowned, and asked, "I remember that almost all the intermediate commanders in your regiment were sacrificed. Is there a suitable candidate to take over your command?"

I nodded and replied, "Report to Comrade Commander, in addition to me, there is also the Chief of Staff of the regiment, Captain Lu Jin, and Comrade Kokunov, the first-level instructor of the regiment political commissar."

"Chief of the Corps, Political Commissar of the Corps, when did so many commanders appear in your Corps?"

"Comrade Commander, when I took over the command of the 678th Regiment, Captain Lujin was the highest-ranking commander in the regiment. If I hadn't gone, General Biliukov might have appointed him as the regiment commander. As for Comrade Kokunov, he was originally transferred from Moscow to the 62nd Army. Because the ferry was sunk by enemy planes while crossing the river with our regiment, the ferry was sunk by enemy planes and fell off the team. The commanding force in the regiment was too weak, so I took my own initiative and left him in the regiment, allowing him to temporarily serve as political commissar, and at the same time, Captain Lujin served as the regiment chief of staff."

Cui Kefu waved his hand and said, "Okay, needless to say. Who do you think is more suitable for the two of them to replace the command of the regiment?"

"Captain Lu Jin." Since Cui Kefu asked this, I might have to talk to people close to me. "Comrade Lu Jin has a strong command ability and has been staying in the regiment. The regiment is very familiar with him. If he is asked to take over my command position, it will not have any adverse impact on the command in the regiment."

"Since you said that, then do what you want." Cui Kefu said this, turned his head and shouted at the jeep behind him: "Captain, come here."

With his shouting, a captain got out of the car from the passenger seat, ran to him, stood attentively and asked respectfully: "Comrade Commander, do you have any instructions?"

"Comrade Captain, stay here. When the Chief of Staff of the regiment, Captain Lu Jin, comes back, tell him that I will hand over the commander of the 678th Regiment to him. After the order is conveyed, you will hurry back."

After the captain agreed loudly, Trekov looked at me standing in front of him, waved his head and said, "Oshaninna, why are you still standing there? Get in the car quickly, we must hurry to Stalingrad."

I responded quickly, walked around the front of the car, opened the door of the co-pilot and got into the jeep.
Chapter completed!