"Secretary Sasha," Ruhlei and others said, and asked impatiently: "I want to ask, do you know which road to Luhansk can avoid contact with the enemy?"
"According to our observation along the way, the Germans are stationed in settlements or villages. If you want to continue moving east, you only need to avoid settlements and villages." After answering Ruhle's question, Sasha also reminded him: "But you should pay attention that the snow in many parts of the forest is too deep, which is not conducive to the army's march."
Ruhlei knew that there was a battle here and it would not take long before the nearby enemies would come over. He planned to gather the troops and leave immediately. However, before leaving, he wanted to learn more about the situation along the way, so he continued to ask Sasha: "Comrade Lieutenant, can you tell me some more about the Luhansk defenders?"
"Comrade Colonel, I can only tell you simply." As a grassroots officer, Sasha was not very familiar with the defense situation in Luhansk city, but since Luhrey asked, he still told what he knew: "Now in the Luhansk area, there are one of our combat clusters, three to four Guard Divisions, plus several tank brigades and artillery divisions. The 41st Guard Division, stationed in the west of the city, was stationed in the south of the city."
"Thank you, Comrade Lieutenant. Thank you for telling us such important information." Ruhrey reached out to Sasha and said kindly: "I hope we have a chance to meet again."
"I will definitely meet again." Sasha saw his subordinates bringing the collected ammunition into the car, and raised his hand to salute Ruhlei, saying, "Comrade Colonel, take care of yourself, we are going to set off."
Looking at the several armored vehicles that were leaving, Ruhlei said to the Chief of Staff with emotion: "Comrade Chief of Staff, with the guidance of friendly comrades, we know how to avoid the enemy. In this way, we can bring more soldiers to Luhansk smoothly."
"Comrade Brigade Commander, I don't understand." The Chief of Staff frowned and asked, "Since our army has deployed heavy troops here in Luhansk, why did they not take the initiative to rescue us when our army was attacked by the German army?"
"Chief of Staff, don't forget that the enemy has heavy troops stationed in Donetsk. Once our army attacks from Lugansk, it will be intercepted halfway." After Lukhre said this, he urged the Chief of Staff: "Okay, time is tight, so let the troops move quickly. Otherwise, when the enemies around us come over, we might be entangled by them."
After the officers and soldiers of the Tank Brigade buried the comrades who had died, they hurriedly moved eastward. When the nearby enemies arrived, they only saw corpses all over the ground and the positions that were still emitting blue smoke. The Soviet army that captured the positions had long disappeared without a trace.
The news that the Romanian army was garrisoned by the Soviet army soon reached Manstein's ears. But he didn't care about this. After all, in his mind, the Romanian army's combat effectiveness was too poor, and it was inevitable that the Soviet army would be captured by the Soviet army. The Soviet army, which could destroy a battalion of Romanian troops, would not be too large. His main focus was on the main force of the Popov rapid cluster, which was breaking east with all his might.
According to Sasha's prompt, Ruhlei commanded his troops to carefully bypass the enemy's settlements and villages, and struggled to pass through the vast forest. After five days of continuous march, he finally successfully arrived at the defense area of ​​the 122nd Guards Regiment.
Looking at the position that was vaguely visible in the distance, the Chief of Staff asked tentatively: "Comrade Brigade Commander, are you talking about ours or Germans in the front position?"
Ruch listed the telescope and looked at the opposite side. The trench was quiet and there was no figure. No one appeared, and there was no sign for identification. Where could we tell whether the opposite position was stationed in the Germans or his own people. He could only helplessly instruct the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, send two soldiers to see."
After receiving the order, two soldiers in white camouflage costumes immediately rushed out from their hideouts, and after reaching the middle of the positions of the two armies, they turned from bent down to crawling forward. But they were more than 200 meters away from the trench opposite. A machine gun in the civil and wooden fire point began to fire, and the bullets drove the snow around the scouts as if they were boiling a pot.
"Comrade Brigade Commander," the chief of staff was not surprised but happy when he heard the gunshots of the opposite side. He exclaimed: "The opposite side is shooting with the Dergegalev light machine gun, which is our own people. Yes, it is our own people."
Ruhlei thought this statement from the Chief of Staff was very reasonable. However, the machine guns on the opposite side were shooting. Even if he sent someone to contact them, they might be greeted by a series of dense bullets. He frowned and thought for a while, and then ordered a soldier behind him: "Go and find the flag bearer!"
Since the tank brigade of Ruhlei was independently established, it had its own military flag and full-time flag bearer. After a while, the flag bearer ran over with the military flag wrapped in a flag cover and asked Ruhlei: "Comrade Commander, what instructions do you have?"
"Comrade Flag Bearer," Ruhlei pointed to the position opposite where there was a machine gun shooting, and said to the flagbearer: "The opposite is our own people, but there was a misunderstanding with us at this moment. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, you immediately raise our military flag to let the other party understand that we are not the enemy."
The flag bearer agreed, half-squatted and unbuttoned the flag cover outside the flag. After unfolding the military flag, he went to find a relatively high mound of soil and erected the flag.
The bright red military flag was roaring in the cold wind, and the machine guns shooting on the opposite position also stopped. Not long after, a red flag was raised on the position. Although it was not a military flag with a number, the red flag also means that the defenders in the position were their own people.
Seeing the red flag rising from the opposite side, the commanders and soldiers of the Tank Brigade who had finally arrived here after great hardships immediately rushed forward cheering. In the opposite position, countless officers and soldiers in the same uniform rushed out. They shouted "Wula" and rushed towards the officers and soldiers of the Tank Brigade.
A few minutes later, two troops affiliated with different fronts met in the middle, and the commanders and soldiers of both sides immediately hugged each other without distinction, making the originally quiet battlefield boil.
Seeing that his troops and friendly forces met, Ruhlei was particularly happy. He twisted and shouted excitedly at the soldiers beside him, and then took them quickly to the meeting place.
As soon as Ruhlei walked into the crowd, a strange warrior rushed over and gave him a warm hug, while shouting loudly: "Comrade, thank you for your hard work!"
"Thank you too!" Ruhlei slapped the other party's back twice and said excitedly: "From now on, we can fight side by side."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Captain Kogoll came to Ruhlei's side, leaned close to his ear and reported loudly: "The commander of the friendly army is here!"
The effort was not long, and Lieutenant Colonel Papuchinko, the commander of the 122nd Guards, appeared in front of Ruhlei. Seeing that the other party's rank was higher than his, Papuchinko quickly saluted and said respectfully: "Comrade Colonel, I am Lieutenant Colonel Papuchinko, the commander of the 122nd Regiment of the 41st Guards, and I am very happy to meet you."
"Hello, lieutenant colonel." Ruhlie replied with a salute and said loudly: "I am Colonel Ruhlie, the commander of the 19th Brigade of Independent Tanks. I led my troops to break through the enemy's encirclement and come to meet you."
After saying that, Ruhre opened his arms toward Papchinko and said with a smile: "Comrades in the 41st Division of the Guards, in order to celebrate this hard-won meeting, let's have a hug."
Chapter completed!